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De Merher, seythves mis Gorefen

Wednesday,7th July

Hedhyw my a drouvyas pictour a gath Rex Kernow. Ma blew crüllyes berr treweythüs dhedhy - nag ew bes an iscôta. Pur hedh ha jolif ew an ehen. An gen Rex ew treylyans genetek ow cül gwall an grohen. My a brederas adro dhe enevales erel dhort Kernow. Ma davas gwlân hir Dewnan ha Kernow, berr hy garrow bes hir hy knew! En ethdegves cansbledhen, gwlân a veu a bris lowr rag gweythva en Peran Arwodhel dhe rei whel dhe wil rag hanter mil person. Bes deves Kernow o "maga wels avel cathes" (medh Sir Francis Bassett). Gellys lebmyn dhort Kernow ew deves genejek pajar corn dhodhans, ha gwarrak dû bian. Ma'n gwarrak ma dhort Kembra. Da ew gen radn an bobel maga yer gam Kernow rag kig (nag üjens ow rei oyow brâs).

Today I found a picture of a Cornish Rex cat. It has unusual short curly hair - only the undercoat. The breed is very gentle and playful. The Rex gene is a genetic mutation producing a skin defect. I thought about other animals from Cornwall. There is a Devon and Cornwall long-wool sheep, with short legs and a long fleece. In the eighteenth century, wool was important enough for a factory in Perranarworthal to give work for five hundred people. But Cornish sheep were "as wild as cats" (said Sir Francis Bassett). Gone from Cornwall now are native sheep with four horns, and small black cattle. These cattle are from Wales. Some people like to raise Cornish game hens for meat (they do not give large eggs).

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

crohen (f) skin

ehen (m) breed, variety, etc.

gen ~ genyn (m) gene

genejek native

genetek genetic

gwall (m) defect, deficit, mishap

gwarthak ~ gwarrak (collective) cattle

gweythva (f) factory

iscôta (m) undercoat

jolif playful

treweythüs unusual, rare