A Year of Late Cornish Day 89

An Nawas Dedh ha Pajar Ügens

De Sadorn, an üdndegves warn ügens mis Meurth. De Sadorn Pask ew ha’n dedh diwettha a vis Meurth. Hanath e vedh loor leun. Hei a wra sevel hanter òja seyth (ar glogh). Thew hei an nessa loor leun en mis Meurth – henwys ew hedna “loor las”. Na vedh loor las aral bys dhe vis Hedra 2020.

Saturday, 31^st March. It is Easter Saturday and the last day of March. Tonight there will be a full moon. It will rise at half past seven (o’clock). It is the second full moon in March – that’s called a “blue moon”. There will not be another blue moon till October 2020.

Loor leun dhe les ew ewedh drefen boas òja an kehesnos gwenton. Henwys ew hei “an loor sugen”. En termyn eus passyes tho an kehesnos gwenton ha’n nessa loor leun sans dhe’n dhüwes Saxon Ostara po Eostre. Düwes o hei an arvester ha tevyans nowydh. Cristyons Sowsnek a gawas devnydh  a’n hanow rag “Easter”, degol o merkya dassòrrans (dasserghyans) Crist. Ma Kernowegoryon o ûsya an hanow “Pask” dhort an ger en Latin “pascha”.

It’s a significant full moon as well because it is after the spring equinox. It’s called the “sap moon”. In past times the spring equinox and the next full moon were sacred to the Saxon goddess Ostara or Eostre . She was the goddess of fertility and new growth. English Christians borrowed the name for “Easter”, the festival marking the resurrection of Christ. Cornish speakers use the name “Pask” from the Latin word “pascha”.

An arwodhyow Ostara ew an skovarnek (best gen scovarnow hir) ha oyow. Da ew gen flehes whilas oyow (chocolat) o cüdhys gen Skovarnek (po Cònin) Pask.

The symbols of Ostara are the hare (an animal with long ears) and eggs. Children like to look for eggs (chocolate) hidden by Easter Hare (or Rabbit).