2023 Day 75

2023 Dedh Trei Ügens ha Pemdhek

De Yow, whetegves mis Meurth

Thursday, 16th March

Hedhyw, et ow class, nei a viras orth henwyn telleryow. Gero nei mires orth onan anodhans: Borah. Henn ew  hanow pur goth: Boswragh en 1302. Martesen thera benyn goth ha hager trigys ena! Po martesen thera pystriores po pellores. Ma lies telher ow tallath "Bos" po "Bod" po "Bo", bes ma bohes telleryow gen "gwragh" po "gwrath". Ma "Crows-an-Wra" (Crows an Wragh, Crouzenwragh en 1732) ha "Praa" (Poll Wragh (Porth (an) Wragh, Poll Wragh,  Polwragh en 1331). Ma "Crousa" whath moy goth (Crowswragh, Crouswrach en 977). "Gwragh" ew hanow pesk, ewedh, martesen en "Poll Wragh". Pe le ma Borah? Ellen nei y gavos? My a gavas bargen tir gen nebes havasow, ogas dhe Lamorna (Nansmorno 1302). Nag eus gwragh ena lebmyn!

Today, in my class, we looked at place names. Let's look at one of them: Borah. That is a very old name: "Hag's dwelling" in 1302. Perhaps there was an old, ugly woman living there. Or perhaps there was a witch or a healer. There are many places beginning "dwelling" , but few places with "hag". There's "Hag's Cross" (1732) and "Hag's Cove" (1331). There is an even older "Hag's Cross" (977). "Hag" or "Wrasse" is the name of a fish, too, perhaps in "Praa" (Poll Wragh). Where is "Borah" (Hag's Dwelling)? Can we find it? I found a farm with several summer holiday homes, near to Lamorna (Nans Mornow, Valley of the Mornow stream). There's no hag there now!