SAINT DAVID

 

Saint David was born in the 5th century

A scion of the royal house of Ceredigion,

And founded a Celtic Monastic order,

At Glyn Rhosyn, the Vale of Roses,

Which became an important Christian shrine

Where St David's Cathedral stands today

THE FEAST DAY OF SAINT DAVID

 

The feast day of Saint David

Is Wales’s National Day

When the Welsh people

Celebrate Saint David's Day

MERRY MONDAY

 

Part of the traditional English Shrovetide

Falling on the Monday before Ash Wednesday

Merry Monday, is a Christian observance

Which more importantly precedes Pancake Day

BLACK MONDAY

Black Monday or Shrove Monday evening

Was a time for boys to commit petty crime

Now we don’t have it on one special night

Instead now it appears to happen all the time

COLLOPY MONDAY

 

The third day of Shrovetide,

Once known as Collopy Monday,

Was named after Collops of bacon

A traditional dish of the day

Which was served with eggs.

It’s the forgotten Shrove Monday

SHROVE MONDAY

 

Part of the traditional English Shrovetide

Falling on the Monday before Ash Wednesday

Shrove Monday, is a Christian observance

Which more importantly precedes Pancake Day

URANIA

 

The last mythological muse

Urania, muse of astrology

Foreteller of the future

By the stars array

Dressed in a cloak

Embroidered with stars

Holding a globe in her left hand

Always looking to the heavens

a goddess of universal love

And possessed with the holy spirit

The Renaissance Urania

Was muse to the Christian poets

And still gazed to the heavens

But saw God amongst the stars