Showing posts with label Wales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wales. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 March 2010

Gwîn Betys


In English it means Beetroot Wine. It's a classical Welsh country-style wine. It contains beetroot, sugar and raisins flavoured with spices. I have never heard that they make wine out of beetroot. This is just a little part of they're culture.

Here is what you need:
1,800 g beetroot
1,350 g sugar
1 gallon water
1 lemon
Wine yeast

Recipe:
Wash the beet thoroughly and cut them into slices and cook in the water until mild. Strain the beetroot on to the sugar and stir strongly until all the sugar is dissolved. When cool add the yeast. Cover the bucket and leave for five days stirring regularly.






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Princess of Wales


Diana Frances Spencer was born in 1961 1 July in Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. Diana married to Prince Charles on 29 July in 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral. She picked out a large £30 000 ring consisting of 14 diamonds surrounding a sapphire. It was called a fairytale wedding. She wore a dress with 25 foot train wich cost £9000. On 21 June in 1982 she gave birth to her first son William and on 15 September 1984 they're second son Harry was born. On 28 August in 1996 she divorced with Prince Charles. Diana has also done a lot of Charity work. On 31 August in 1997 she and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris. There are many conspiracy theories that the accident was planned. Diana was buried on an island in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England. She has once said: "I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country."






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Monday, 8 March 2010

Llyn y Fan Fawr


In Welsh it means the Lake of the small beacon-hill. It is in the eastern border of the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, south Wales. It's near to Llyn y Fan Fawr. The legend is connected with the lake. There a local young man, son of a widow from Blaen Sawdde married to a beautiful girl who came from the lake. But they agreed that he won't hit her three times. For years they were happy and even had their own little family. As time passed by, the man did hit the wife and she went back to the lake and took the cattle with her. But soon she came back the help and instruct her children. Some of the elements relate to the Welsh traditions of the fairies. There are many versions of the legend.




The information was found here You can find the pictures here and here The video is here

Sorry that I didn't put up the slideshow , because I didn't found one. I hope to do it on the next one.