Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Dewdhek


De Gwener, nessa mis Ebrel

Friday, 2nd April










Lôwen o vy. Nehewer nei a veu en medhegva Mount Hawke rag agan second pig breghlin Covid. Scon my ell gweles oll ow theylû heb bos prederek orth an cleves. E'n men termyn, my ell clappya ganjans war video-galow. My ell gweles aga bejethow ha clowes aga levow. Na veu Christiana Jacka mar fortüdnyes. Thera hy mab Alfred den bal en Montana ha kescomûnyans o dre lether. Na alja hei bes scrifa dhodho. Na wrüg hei besca gweles y annedh. Nei a wôr der wrüg ev recevya letherow drefen üdn jorna (seythves warn ügens mis Hedra, mil eth cans pajar ügens ha deg) ev a veu en rôl en paper nowodhow - ow tòchya letherow na veu cuntellys dhort sodhva post en Butte. Ev a verwas an nessa bledhen en mis Whevrel. A veu droglam e'n bal? Na veu. Ma certifians mernans ev ow leverel câws a vernans a veu cleves "typhoid". Hager cleves ew câwsys gen hager bacteria en dowr mostedhys. Nag o balyow pur glan e'n dedhyow na. 










I am happy. Yesterday evening we were in Mount Hawke doctors' surgery for our second Covid jab. Soon I can see all my family without being anxious on account of the disease. Meanwhile I can talk with them on a video-call. I can see their faces and hear their voices. Christiana Jacka was not so fortunate. Her son Alfred was a miner in Montana and communication was by letter. She could only write to him. She never saw his home. We know that he received letters, because one day (27th October, 1890) he was in a list in a newspaper - regarding letters not collected from the post-office in Butte. He died the next year in February. Was there an accident in the mine? No. His death certificate says cause of death was typhoid infection. A nasty sickness is caused by nasty bacteria in polluted water. Mines were not very clean in those days.










Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today

certifians (m) certificate

cleves (m) disease, sickness

galow (m) call

mernans (m) death

nehewer ~ newer ~ newher yesterday evening

orth on account of

paper nowodhow (m) newspaper

pig breghlin (m) injection, vaccination, "jab"

prederek anxious, worried, bothered, etc.

rôl (f) list

 

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