Wales By Liberty Who lives in wales Did

Wales By Liberty

Who lives in wales? Did you know there are 3 times more sheep /lambs than people. My mum comes from wales and some of my family still live there. My best friend Luke lives there too. The population is just over 3, 000 people.

Area facts about Wales is 20, 742 square km. There are 600 castles in wales, more castles per square mile than any country in the world. St Davids is the uk’s smallest city which is located in west wales. Its bordered by England to the east, Irish sea to the north, St Georges channel to the west and the Bristol channel to the south.

National facts about Wales The capital city is Cardiff. They have their own language called welsh/Cymraeg which is the oldest language in Britain. Rugby is the welsh national game and Wales play at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff. The welsh national anthem is Hen wlad fy Nhadau it means old land of my fathers which the Welsh rugby team sing at matches before playing. Prince Charles is Prince of Wales. St David is the patron saint of Wales, I will tell you more about this national day on the next page.

St Davids day traditions St Davids day is on the 1 st March On that day girls in wales would wear the traditional costume once worn by rural woman in wales. Boys wear flat cap and waistcoat or rugby/football kit. The daffodil is the national flower, but the leek is also a national symbol. On St Davids day you would wear a daffodil or a felt leek on your top like we do on poppy day. On St Davids day you eat flat scones with currents in dusted with caster sugar these are called welsh cakes.

My mums class dressed up for St David's day when she was 7 or 8, she is the one holding the daffodils on the back row next to her teacher Miss Ashby.

Why would you visit Wales? For me to see my family and friends and go to the beach, I love Barry Island. Rugby Matches, lots of people go to Wales to watch Rugby and support their team. Eisteddfordau (eye-stethvod, eye) the festival of wales that celebrates welsh literature and music. To go climbing in the Brecon Beacons. Mount snowdown is the highest mountain in Wales and the most well known it is 1085 m (3560 ft) high Water sports like sailing or fishing on some of the rivers eg Taff, Clwyd, Conway or Usk. Also surfing at the beaches Explore history in castles. Museums, welsh villages and along the coastline as Merlins cave is in wales. Caving, Wales has lots of good coastline and the deepest cave in Britain Ogaf Ffynnon Dddu its 1010 ft (304 m) deep. Lots of people visit wales to go camping and visit the beach.

Other facts about Wales is not part of the Union Jack flag Royal mint in Llantrisant is where all the coins are made for the UK Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch town in North Wales is the longest place name in the world and means – St Mary’s Church in the hollow of the witch hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave. In the past Wales was famous for coal mining. Some of the Royal family (including the Queen, Princess Diana and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge) wear welsh gold wedding rings, they have a supply of gold kept in storage for future needs. My Mum and Dad have some too and were some of the last people able to buy gold to have rings specially made.

Welsh Foods Cawl similar to stew, made in one pot. It has lamb, leeks and potatoes in it. Welsh rarebit is a posh cheese on toast. Bara brith is a welsh fruit bread made with tea. Glamorgan sausages are vegetarian sausages made with Glamorgan cheese, leeks and breadcrumbs. Laverbread is known as welsh caviar and is cooked seaweed.

Making Welsh cakes

Welsh cake recipe • 1 lb self raising flour • 1 tsp baking powder • 2 pinches salt • 2 tsp mixed spice • 8 oz butter • 7 oz sugar • 7 oz currants • 2 eggs • Milk to bind if needed

• Put flour, baking powder, salt and mixed spice in a bowl. Put • Rub in the butter until fine breadcrumbs. Rub in • Add sugar and currants and mix. Method to Welsh cake recipe Add • Crack and beat the eggs then add to rest of mixture and stir until it comes together, if needed add milk a drop at a time until it binds. Crack and beat • On a floured board pat out a large handful of dough to 1 cm thick and cut out welsh cakes with a small round cutter, (or you can make balls and flatten them in your hands individually. ) Pat out • Heat a large heavy base frying pan, or a plank/griddlestone (the one we used to be my Great nans) when hot lightly grease the pan with butter. Heat Cook on

Hello = helo Goodbye = hwyl fawr Words in welsh. Good morning = bore da Thank you=diolch Goodnight = nos da Cat=cath Food = bwyd Dog=ci Animal = anifeiliaid