Take a Leek for Saint Davy
Today is Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gwyl Dewi). Saint David (Dewi Sant) is the patron saint of Wales. On this day many Welsh hie themselves to their local purveyor of leeks, take a leek, and affix it to their lapel or hat. Lacking a real leek, some will instead use Peter's Leek (Cenhinen Pedr), the daffodil. Even good old Henry V, at least, per Willy the Shakes:
Fluellen: "If your Majesty is remembered of it, the Welshmen did good service in a garden where leeks did grow, wearing leeks in their Monmouth caps, which your Majesty knows, to this hour is an honourable badge of the service, and I do believe, your Majesty takes no scorn to wear the leek upon Saint Tavy's day".
King Henry: "I wear it for a memorable honour; for I am Welsh, you know, good countryman".
My apologies to the Cymru, but the best I can do is a scaled down version.
This is an update of a column I first published at Daily Kos in 2015 and have sporadically
published here and there ever since.
everybody be well and have a good one
Comments
If I had a to take a leek
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guess it would be in the lapel or hat?
Honor thy onion as it is most holy today
for reasons.
Spoke to a Libyan Christian today pumping my gas.
Somehow seem to initiate religious / political discussions
just by saying $50 of regular. Said he was
proud of killing Islam kids to protect nuns.
He was a kid too, 16 years old. Thought to fight for the faith.
Shot them in the head and it felt good, at the time, I guess.
Kinda weird the service you get these days.
Made me think of religious wars. And leaks on the
masses. Holy be the killing we do for righteousness.
Amen.
The Leek, purportedly, was a combat insignia, used by
the Welsh in order to distinguish themselves from invading saxons since both sides wore similar armor.
Interesting that your Libyan informant thought of specifically protecting nuns; projection perhaps?
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
know not
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the obvious was his pride in protecting some christian value by killing others
scary shit, guess that is how they think in the Middle East?
Seems to me that Christianity has a long history of that
everywhere, the Crusades, sure, but the Albigensian Crusade, the Northern Crusades, the Religious wars in Europe between differing sects, etec.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Wonder what Jesus..
would have done? I bet he wouldn't have killed kids. Christian values indeed
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so