Wales... A short history thread lesson thing... Wales derives it's name from the giant fish that once populated the seas around its shores.... The semi illeterate cartographer, Dai Maps, forgot the H in the first ever known map of the country and the name stuck 1/7

The Welsh language has been spoken in Wales for at least 200 years. It was invented by the landlord of the Pentre Arms in Llangrannog to annoy English tourists. It soon caught on when Dai Bible, translated the bible in to Welsh. To this day many Welsh speakers are unaware 2/7

That their bible contains stories made up by Dai as he was too lazy to do a proper job. The most famous being the parable of "the Welshman who was given a sack of potatoes and a sack of rice" who fed 5,000 people after a rugby international with a sauce called "cyri" which 3/7

literally translates as "chicken in a hot yellow sauce". The first Eisteddfod was held in 1967 and happened by accident when 3 coaches carrying a male voice choir, a folk dance group and some pensioners broke down near an abandoned village fete in Ffostrasol. The chance 4/7

encounter proved so successful that it now happens every year. Competitions today include "ar be ti'n sbïo cont" where people from Caernarfon stare at each other for up to 8 hours..5/7

The Prince of Whales is an ancient title bestowed on an individual who can sing in 4 part close harmony, swim from Holyhead to Dublin and back and breath through a hole in their head....6/7

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