Happy St David's Day / Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Sant hapus

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Today in Aotearoa New Zealand is March 1st, Welsh St David's Day, and the glorious thing about time zones is it will also will be March 1st tomorrow (in Wales).

Hope your 1st March is a happy one for you all and that you are eating leeks, speaking Welsh and singing (just to perpetuate all the myths) to the best of your abilities.

Random Acts of Welshness (2022)

St David’s Day - the day we celebrate our patron saint and all things Welsh. When we remember his famous guiding words: gwnewch y pethau bychain - do the little things. What better way to celebrate than to bring those words to life with an outpouring of hwyl and kindness.

  1. Fly the Draig 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
  2. Wear a leek
  3. Cwtsh (also known as a cwtch!) 🤗
  4. Give a spoon
  5. Say it in Cymraeg
  6. Buy David a pint 🍻
  7. Say it with flowers
  8. Wear Welsh
  9. Dance 💃🏽
  10. Eat some cheese 🧀
  11. Plant a tree 🌳
  12. Share Welsh cakes 🍪
  13. Visit a castle 🏰
  14. Don your Welsh hat
  15. Gwlad, Gwlad! 🎶
  16. Eat a leek
  17. Listen to some miwsig 🎸
  18. Enjoy a feast 
  19. Tales of Wales 🗺️
  20. Go half and half
  21. Try laverbread
  22. Work out for Wales 😅
  23. Play Tippit
  24. Say shwmae! 🏪
  25. Buy Welsh
  26. Dip for David 🏊‍♀️
  27. Dress up your dog [Mike: don't do this!]
  28. Cocktail Cymru
  29. Cheers drive!
  30. Break a record
  31. Design your daffs
  32. Cwtsh and carry 🤱
  33. Make your hat
  34. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
  35. Toss a teisen
  36. Clog dance 


Wear a het Gymreig — a traditional Welsh hat — with style.
Wales, UK

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