2019 Day 229

Dedh Dew Cans Naw warn Ügens

De Sadorn, seytegves mis Est

Saturday, 17^th August

Ma nebes geryow en Kernôwek rag tir ûhel. Nei a wel radn anodhans en henwyn teleryow. Otta “Carn Breanek”. “Bre” ew form diblans. Hebma ell bos gwelys dhort an pow oll a-dro. Enys o nanj ew lies bledhen (poth era an pow dadn an mor). Ma teleryow “Bre” erel ewedh, rag ensampel “Bray” ha “Brea”. My a welas Carn Breanek ha my o mos bys en Porthia dhe vires orth disqwedhyans art. Ma Huguette Caland o liwya tirwedhyow – saw nag ens tirwedhyow an pow. Thens radnow corf! Hy thir ûhel hei alja bos pedndowlin, tinow po devron. Ma tir ûhel en Kernow gen shap avel brodn, rag sampel Bron Wennily, en Goon Brenn – radn an môyha ûhel en Kernow. Thew “Brodn” po “Bron” radn an tir ha radn an corf.

There are several words in Cornish for high ground. We see some of them in names of places. Here's St Agnes Beacon (“the tor at the hill of St Agnes”) - “Bre” is a distinct feature. This one can be seen from the country all around. It was an island many years ago (when the country was under the sea). There are other “Bre” places as well, e.g. “Bray” (hill) and “Brea” (hill). I saw St Agnes Beacon as I was going to St Ives to look at an art exhibition. Huguette Caland paints landscapes – but they are not landscapes of the country. They are body parts! Her high land could be knees, buttocks or breasts. There is high land in Cornwall with a shape like a breast, e.g. Brown Willy (Swallows Hill), in Bodmin Moor (Hill Downs) – the highest part in Cornwall. “Brodn” or “Bron” is part of the land and part of the body.