:00:09. > :00:13.March 1st, St David's Day of course. Time to wear your leek or your
:00:13. > :00:17.daffodil with pride. Wave the flag and celebrate. Let's not take it
:00:17. > :00:22.all too seriously. We've been having a little bit of fun. I have
:00:22. > :00:28.been out and about talking to school kids about all things Welsh.
:00:28. > :00:33.In the olden days they used to wear these little dresses. Would you
:00:33. > :00:38.wear it on a Saturday night? every day. Welsh cakes, you can
:00:38. > :00:45.make them as well on your own. Who do you think invented the rugby
:00:45. > :00:50.ball? God. Comedy writer Gareth Gwynn has been trawling through the
:00:50. > :00:56.TV archives. I have been searching out we Welsh have been portrayed on
:00:57. > :01:01.the box. I've found some real gems. That is hello in Welsh. Today is St
:01:01. > :01:07.David's Day, the national day of Wales. They say the Welsh team
:01:07. > :01:15.needs a bit of fire-breathing into it at the moment. Here I am. Thank
:01:15. > :01:22.the lord! That I am Welsh. think the way the English say hello
:01:22. > :01:32.to each other. I say, hello. We say hello like this. All right! So,
:01:32. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:43.join us on our romp through a No-one takes St David's Day more
:01:43. > :01:48.seer r -- seriously than school children. You can rely on kids to
:01:48. > :01:50.tell it like it is. We thought it would be fun to ask a bunch of
:01:50. > :01:57.little one as whole load of questions about all things Welsh
:01:57. > :02:02.and see what they came out with. What can you tell me about the
:02:02. > :02:09.Welsh flag? It's... It's got a dragon on it. Why do we like the
:02:09. > :02:15.dragon? Because he's Welsh. He's a dragon. Describe the dragon to me?
:02:15. > :02:22.He's red. One eye. One eye. hasn't got one eye. You can only
:02:22. > :02:30.see one half of him. It's got wings. He has three toes. They're massive.
:02:30. > :02:37.Baby ones are tiny. It's got tongue that is straight and triangle at
:02:37. > :02:47.the top. Sharp teeth. Has he got a tail? Yes. Spiky tail? Why has he
:02:47. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:58.got a spiky tail? To pinch somebody. Ah! That was a good impression of a
:02:58. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:09.dragon. Have you got one. ROAR!! 2-3 - ROARRRR! Truly terrifying.
:03:09. > :03:14.Plenty more from Connie and the kids throughout the show. My name
:03:14. > :03:17.is Gareth Gwynn, happy St David's Day. I have been trawling through
:03:18. > :03:27.the BBC archive searching for all things Welsh. We are well
:03:27. > :03:33.represented in comedy, but not always in a good light We are going
:03:33. > :03:43.to Wales. We are going to what? Wales. This time tomorrow we...
:03:43. > :03:48.
:03:48. > :03:54.This time tomorrow we are due in Flan. Where are we due? Flanflubber.
:03:54. > :04:02.They came to New York from the far- flung corners of the world. The
:04:02. > :04:08.Italians, the Jews, the Poles and, least of all, the Welsh. Out of the
:04:08. > :04:14.wild Welsh wood, willing and easy, green as a cheese with a song in
:04:14. > :04:24.their heart and a stiletto down their trousers, their breasts
:04:24. > :04:44.
:04:44. > :04:50.bursting, to build a beacon in the # Though he's small and I'm
:04:50. > :04:58.normious # He can't get much lower than I
:04:58. > :05:07.# Me and Evan, all we want to do is sing
:05:07. > :05:11.# Like anything # All we want to do is sing... #
:05:11. > :05:15.That is cliched, isn't it? You are Welsh you are used to being
:05:15. > :05:19.parodied and picked on. These days we are standing up for ourselves on
:05:19. > :05:25.the comedy front. Why is it that every disaster in the world is
:05:25. > :05:32.always the size of Wales? Every single disaster in the world is the
:05:32. > :05:39.size of Wales! You hate us, don't you? You with see it every night on
:05:39. > :05:43.the news, "an area the size of Wales was destroyed by fire." Why
:05:43. > :05:53.don't you say what you are thinking. Today an area the size of Wales,
:05:53. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :06:00.but not Wales! That is it, you go for it, Rod. The more I trauld
:06:00. > :06:08.through the archives I found those familiar images of Wales, sheep,
:06:08. > :06:14.dragons, waving our leaks and daffodils. We do love them really?
:06:14. > :06:24.The Welsh team needs fire-breathing into it at the moment, here I am.
:06:24. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:34.See what I mean! We even still do male voice choirs although they
:06:34. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:54.have had a bit of a makeover. Take # Up she rises early in the morning
:06:54. > :06:57.# Way, hey up, # Up she rises early in the
:06:57. > :07:01.morning... # That's what we do. Let's go with it.
:07:01. > :07:11.We are Welsh and proud. There is no shortage of people wanting to get
:07:11. > :07:11.
:07:11. > :07:21.on board. They are all coming home. I'm Welsh to my core. I thank the
:07:21. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:26.lord. That I am Welsh. I don't care if I was born in England, I am a
:07:26. > :07:31.Welshwoman, through and through. singing voice is absolutely
:07:31. > :07:36.marvellous, you see. I'm already slipping into the accent, aren't I?
:07:36. > :07:43.Don't sing, Paul, no. I should learn that song really, shouldn't
:07:43. > :07:50.I? No, don't sing. I shall sing it as we cross the border. Don't
:07:50. > :07:53.bother. There is something about Wales that always sounded romantic
:07:53. > :08:01.and mysterious. That really is Susan Sarandon. I was happy to
:08:01. > :08:11.think I was part Welsh. I am Welsh afterall. You are. I am Welsh.
:08:11. > :08:17.
:08:17. > :08:20.One thing I can definitely say, one conclusion, I'm Welsh. Yes!
:08:20. > :08:26.you'll have me! Now, they are all in the club, they probably need to
:08:26. > :08:33.prepare for a couple of things. First of all, St David's Day. What
:08:33. > :08:43.do you do on St David's Day to celebrate? Sing songs. What would
:08:43. > :08:54.
:08:54. > :09:04.Do you get dressed up on the day? Yeah. What do you wear? This.
:09:04. > :09:05.
:09:05. > :09:15.isn't your uniform for school? We are wearing Welsh rumpy T-shirt?
:09:15. > :09:16.
:09:16. > :09:23.What is it? Rugby T-shirt. Who do you think invented the rugby ball?
:09:23. > :09:29.God. What do you like about dressing up in this costume? It's
:09:29. > :09:34.warm. It's warm. What's that there? He is wearing two rugby T-shirts.
:09:34. > :09:40.Do you like the outfit? Yeah. you wear it on a Saturday night?
:09:40. > :09:47.wouldn't wear it every day. When do you think women wore these clothes,
:09:47. > :09:57.what year do you think? January. the olden days they used to wear
:09:57. > :09:57.
:09:57. > :10:06.these little dresses, they did. What year was that? 1970S.
:10:06. > :10:11.what? 1970S. That is a long time ago! Talking of the 1970s, back
:10:11. > :10:19.then the source of all knowledge for kids was Blue Peter. Here's
:10:19. > :10:26.what they made of St David's Day in 1971. You would recognise that at
:10:26. > :10:35.the beginning of the programme Wales most famous mountains,
:10:35. > :10:38.Snowdonan. Eight years later. will recognise Wales most famous
:10:38. > :10:44.mountain at the beginning of the programme. We are having what must
:10:44. > :10:52.be the most famous Welsh songs of all-time, a song much loved and
:10:52. > :10:56.known by all Welsh people and sung in the hills and valleys and down
:10:56. > :11:04.the mines. I wouldn't not be surprised if you felt like joining
:11:04. > :11:11.in with them. As you can see, not much had changed! I know it is a
:11:11. > :11:21.cliche, but they can sing, can't they? Look at them there, like a
:11:21. > :11:34.
:11:34. > :11:40.huge boy-band without the sexy Thank you very much, indeed. I must
:11:40. > :11:44.say nobody can sing a song like the Welsh. It can be hard to know how
:11:44. > :11:51.to spend St David's Day, it's somewhere between St George's Day,
:11:51. > :11:58.like any other day and St Patrick's Day which became an international
:11:58. > :12:05.drinking festival worldwide. It's about pinning a daffodil to your
:12:05. > :12:15.jumper, percussion or dressing like a woman from the 18th century. Or,
:12:15. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:20.if you are a child in the 1908 raes, a tiger. -- 190's, a tiger. It's
:12:20. > :12:25.Welsh St David's Day, isn't it? It is in Wales, why not? The traders
:12:25. > :12:32.would lose a day's business. can't have everything, can you?
:12:33. > :12:37.can't argue with that. What would we do with our day off? We could do
:12:37. > :12:45.traditional Welsh activities like this early version of Quidditch,
:12:45. > :12:52.broadcast in 1965. I think I'd Raith -- rather be at work. Today
:12:52. > :13:01.is about St David. We all know the story of St David, right? You know
:13:01. > :13:11.about St David, right? A long time ago there used to be a man called
:13:11. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:18.St David he helped the sick and the poor. He is the Saint of Wales.
:13:18. > :13:26.that true? My mum told me. It's really true. He was a nice man. He
:13:26. > :13:34.used to take care of the poorly and the people. He travelled all around
:13:34. > :13:42.the world. Did he? In a car? Walking. He wears yellow clothes.
:13:43. > :13:52.He's got brown hair. And, he's got this stick. He's got a stick?
:13:52. > :14:01.He had like a brown thing like a dress and sop flip-flops. What does
:14:01. > :14:08.he do with the stick? He like bangs it. Bang it is. How old was he?
:14:08. > :14:14.Thousands of years old. That is old? Yes. When was he born? 1,000
:14:14. > :14:19.years ago. Obviously. St David is best-known for making a hill rise
:14:19. > :14:23.out of the ground so his audience could see him more clearly. He also
:14:23. > :14:33.built a monastery in the perfect location for day trips to Oakwood
:14:33. > :14:34.
:14:34. > :14:38.Park. He was our first national hero. Later joined by Owain Glyndwr,
:14:38. > :14:45.Nessa from Gavin and Stacey, Tom and Shirl, yes, honestly! And Wayne
:14:45. > :14:48.Rooney. No, it can't be, he is not Welsh. Sam Warburton? Hang on, that
:14:48. > :14:51.is Gethin Jenkins. Must be Gethin Jenkins. These parades aren't a new
:14:51. > :14:55.thing. Looking at the road sign, this one happened before
:14:55. > :15:03.Aberystwyth had been invented. By now, you will have probably had
:15:03. > :15:13.your tea. This being St David's Day I know exactly what you'll have had.
:15:13. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:21.This is jewel of the Welsh empire. Here lies pure Pot Noodle. Not Pot
:15:21. > :15:27.Noodle. We know what the national food of Wales is, don't we? What
:15:27. > :15:35.about cawl? What are they? What is that? Have you not heard of cawl?
:15:35. > :15:41.No. You don't know what cawl is? Have you ever tried it? No. I've
:15:41. > :15:49.tried meat. It's like a stew thing. I don't like that. Have you heard
:15:49. > :15:59.of cawl? Simon Cowell! You can't eat Simon Cowell. He would taste
:15:59. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:09.nasty! Well, maybe the Bobinogs can explain. I can't wait for our St
:16:09. > :16:15.David's Day party. Neither can I. I'm sure all the Bobinogs coming to
:16:15. > :16:20.the party will love tasting our special Welsh cawl too. Cawl is a
:16:20. > :16:23.broth made of lamb leeks and potatoes which proper Welsh people
:16:23. > :16:30.cook over a fire and then move without any form of protection from
:16:30. > :16:35.an oven glove. It's a very simple recipe. So simple in fact that
:16:35. > :16:40.Keith Floyd reciteed it whilst playing rugby. The important thing
:16:40. > :16:47.is, that you let it simmer for an hour-and-a-half. Add the potatoes
:16:47. > :16:57.for 20 minutes. When that is cooked you add the... Having made the cawl,
:16:57. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:21.HAKKA The Kidwelly Hakka's too much for him. If only it was as simple
:17:21. > :17:24.to serve as it was is to make! When you finish your cawl you have my
:17:24. > :17:28.permission to fill your face with Welsh cakes. We are one of a select
:17:28. > :17:32.group of countries who have a national cake. There is the Welsh
:17:32. > :17:37.cake, the madeira cake and the Arctic roll. Connie spoke to the
:17:37. > :17:44.kids about this most patriotic of treats. If there was one cake we
:17:44. > :17:49.could say was Welsh? A cake with icing with a dragon on. That would
:17:49. > :17:56.be cool. Have you tried a Welsh cake? I got them from the market.
:17:56. > :18:01.What do they taste like? It tastes yummy. My mum makes a big Welsh
:18:01. > :18:10.cake for my birthday every single day. Your birthday is every single
:18:10. > :18:18.day? No. You can also get jam ones. Can you? Welsh cakes, you can make
:18:18. > :18:24.them. You can make them as well on your own! It's like how you make
:18:24. > :18:34.pancakes, but a bit different. Sugar and milk and egg and butter.
:18:34. > :18:42.You mix it up. Mix it up. And then, you have to put something else
:18:42. > :18:48.dried out food, Jack can help me say this, what are they, raisins.
:18:48. > :18:53.Yeah. And flakes and that? Flakes on a Welsh cake. I need to eat the
:18:53. > :18:59.Welsh cakes you are eating. They sound amazing. It could catch on.
:18:59. > :19:06.Of course, the big question on St David's Day is what divides the
:19:06. > :19:14.nation. What do you wear, are you a daffodil person or a leek?
:19:14. > :19:19.rather wear a daffodil. I'm a leek man myself. Look what I brought to
:19:19. > :19:26.celebrate this day. A leek will be a really big one. Big thick one
:19:26. > :19:30.which a nice handle on it for the purpose of bashing the boys on the
:19:30. > :19:35.head. Nice yellow daffodils to celebrate St David's Day.
:19:35. > :19:44.daffodil maybe the more obviously beautiful and fray gannet choice
:19:44. > :19:49.the leek is so versatile. Not only a national icon a servicable
:19:49. > :19:54.truncheon and portable snack. have to eat your way through. You
:19:54. > :19:59.have one minute to do so. I would have done anything for a Blue Peter
:19:59. > :20:09.badge. I'm not too sure. If you have to eat a raw leek, you can
:20:09. > :20:09.
:20:09. > :20:19.count me on. The age old debate of daffodils or leeks rages on. Which
:20:19. > :20:27.do you prefer, leek or daffodils? What day do we wear a daffodil?
:20:27. > :20:31.George's Day. Why do we wear leeks? For St David's Day. Why do we wear
:20:31. > :20:41.a daffodil? Because St David likes daffodils. I think the daffodils
:20:41. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:53.are for girls and the leeks are for boys. We thought it looks better,
:20:53. > :21:00.don't we. He is his father. He hasn't got a face. Do you think my
:21:00. > :21:08.leek could have a name? I would cawl it sheep because it's halfmeep
:21:08. > :21:15.and s he he as well. Wow! What is this? Ever seen one of those before
:21:15. > :21:18.it's a lee... Lettuce. As well as our flower, vegetable, cake saint
:21:18. > :21:22.and soup, St David's Day is time to celebrate our language. Some of us
:21:22. > :21:29.are flew went. Most of us know a bit. While we might not be
:21:29. > :21:36.brilliant at it, the important thing is that you have a go. Who
:21:36. > :21:39.can speak Welsh here. Just going "ah" is not Welsh. I would love to
:21:39. > :21:46.speak it. I'd love to be one of those men who says something in
:21:46. > :21:56.English and then says it again in Welsh. As I came here this evening,
:21:56. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:07.a thought occurred to me ( SPEAKS WELSH) wouldn't it be wonderful if
:22:07. > :22:10.everyone in the world could live as one. (SPEAKS WELSH) Unlike, Rob,
:22:10. > :22:14.more people than ever before are having a proper go at learning
:22:14. > :22:22.Welsh. For years, it's been a staple of the National Curriculum.
:22:22. > :22:28.It's compulsory in all schools in Wales. It's Wales because we speak
:22:28. > :22:38.all Wales. We speak Welsh because we are in Wales. What does that
:22:38. > :22:48.mean? Ah. I know in Welsh, I have forgotten in English now! Teach me
:22:48. > :22:48.
:22:48. > :22:54.Welsh. I can count up to 10 in Welsh. Do you think that Welsh
:22:54. > :23:00.people speak differently? Yeah. do they speak? We don't actually
:23:00. > :23:10.know. We are Welsh people. We speak English. Yeah, but we know a bit of
:23:10. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:18.Welsh. Do you know what that means? Please can I go to the toilet.
:23:18. > :23:28.Which means? My head's hurting. see, my head always hurts. What was
:23:28. > :23:28.
:23:28. > :23:38.that? That means - I'm happy too. Can you sing any Welsh? Yeah.
:23:38. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:52.know a rainbow one in Welsh. Sing me the rainbow song in Welsh. SINGS
:23:52. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:16.THE RAINBOW SONG. We have been I can only remember the chorus.
:24:16. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:39.Proof there that Wales's' language and status of land of song is safe
:24:40. > :24:44.for another generation. We have ticked off all the object jous
:24:44. > :24:49.icons of Welshness. What about us as people? In addition to what we
:24:49. > :24:54.wear, eat, say and pin to our jumper, can we celebrate something
:24:54. > :25:02.else, the Welsh character - whatever that is? We are not, how
:25:02. > :25:12.can I sput it, we are not as -- put it, we are not as swaiv as the
:25:12. > :25:16.English. We don't say hello like that, do we? We say hello like this.
:25:16. > :25:22.All right! We are not as fierce as the Scots. Very fierce people. You
:25:22. > :25:32.can take our land, but you'll never take our freedom! We are not like
:25:32. > :25:34.
:25:34. > :25:44.that. You can take our land... Don't forget our freedom now before
:25:44. > :25:44.