Thursday, 16 August 2018

A Year of Late Cornish Day 227

Dew Cansves Dedh Seyth warn Ügens

De Yow, whetegves mis Est.       
Thursday, 16th August.

Pandr’ew an frooth ma? Me a’s cuntellas dhort gwedhen en ke reb o lowarth. Nag eus spernen veth war an wedhen, etho nag ew an wedhen spernen dhû. Ploumbren ew. Saw re vian ew an frutys dhe voas ploumys wheg ha re vroas ens dhe voas eyrin. Thew an frooth moy trenk vel ploumys. bes le wherow vel eyrin. Bettegens, pur dha ens gen avalow ha mor dû en keffeth. (Me a wrüg trehy mes an prevas en kensa!)

What is this fruit? I picked them from a tree in a hedge by my garden. There is not a single thorn on the tree, so the tree is not a blackthorn. It’s a plum tree. But the fruits are too small to be sweet plums and too big to be sloes. The fruit is more sour than plums but less bitter than sloes. Nevertheless, they are very good with apples and blackberries in jam. (I did cut out the little worms first.)
 

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