2020 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Nawnjek 
De Lün, pempes mis Hedra
Monday, 5th October
Pandr’ew an geveren tredh üdn wedhen ha’n tavas Kernôwek? Bloodh coth an vorwedhen ma en Loundres ew pemp cans, moy po le. Gonys veu hei en lowarth Edmund Bonner, Epscop Loundres e’n oos linach an Dûdoryon. Ev a wrüg gweres dhe Vetêrn Henry VIII cawas didhemedhyans dhort y gens gwreg Catherine a Aragon. Bettegens, na wrüg ev assentya dhe naneyl Edward VI nag Elisabeth I avel pedn an eglos en Englond, rag hedna ev a dremenas lies bledhen en preson. (Ev a verwas en preson.) En rayn Metêrnes Maria I, creiys o ev “Bonner Gojys”. Nag o da ganjo Protestans hag a’s tormentyas avel cabmgrejoryon. Hager den o ev. Whei ell gweles an wedhen e’n pyctour. Bes fatel ew hodna kelmys gen Kernow? Bonner a scrifas lies progath po homely rag “exortya” an lelgrejoryon. Tregear a dreylyas dewdhek anodhans dhe Gernôwek. “Homelyes XIII in Cornysche” Eus morwedhen veth en Kernow? Na wora vy!
What is the connection between one tree and the Cornish language? This mulberry tree in London is five hundred years old, more or less. It was planted in the garden od Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London in the age of the Tudor dynasty. He helped King Henry VIII get a divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon. However, he didn’t agree to either Edward VI nor Elizabeth I as head of the church in England, hence he spent many years in prison. (He died in prison.) In the reign of Queen Mary I, he was called “Bloody Bonner”. He did not like Protestants and persecuted them as heretics. He was a cruel man. You can see the tree in the picture. But how is that connected with Cornwall? Bonner wrote many sermons or homilies to “encourage” the faithful. Tregear translated twelve of them into Cornish. “Homelyes XIII in Cornysche”.
Are there any mulberry trees in Cornwall? I don't know!
Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today
assentya dhe to agree to
bloodh coth (m. coll.) years of age, years old
didhemedhyans (m) divorce
epscop ~ espak (m) bishop
gojys bloody
gweres dhe to help, give help to
keveren (f) connection, link
linach ~ linaja (m) lineage, dynasty
metêrn (m) king
morwedhen (f) mulberry tree
rag hedna therefore, hence, for that reason
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