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Happy St Piran’s Day! (Gool Peran Lowen!): Call for public holiday in Cornwall to celebrate patron saint
St Piran's Day should be marked with day off, say Cornish officials
People in Cornwall should be given the day off to celebrate St Piran, according to local officials.
The call comes as the term “Happy St Piran’s Day” trends on Twitter today, with thousands taking to the social network site to honour the Cornish icon who is the patron saint of tin workers.
The annual event marks the contribution of 6th century Celtic settler Piran, who is credited with discovering the technique of smelting tin. Tin mining is a practice which has been associated with Cornwall since Roman times.
The day is celebrated with parades, concerts and parties from Launceston to Penzance and there are growing demands from the Cornish to make March 5 a public holiday.
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Some council workers in Bodmin were granted the holiday in 2006 and from 2009 Penzance Town Council offered its employees a St Piran's Day holiday.
Mike Tresidder, an officer for the government-funded Cornish Language Partnership, told Yahoo News! it was now time to make it a holiday for the whole of the county.
He said: “There is a strong movement to make St Piran’s Day into a holiday - we want a bank holiday for it.
“We want it to be a bit like a national holiday that Wales and Scotland have. We’d rather like to have a St Piran’s Day that would mark out the difference, and then people can join in the celebrations.”
Mr Tresidder added: “Everyone has taken it to heart really; schools in particular are picking up on it and recognising a sense of place in celebrating local things.”
If you fancy joining in the celebrations try out some Cornish language basics:
Yow! Hi!
Dydh da! Hello!
Myttin da! Good morning!
Dohajydh da! Good afternoon!
Gorthuher da! Good evening!
Fatla genes? How are you?
Da lowr, meur ras. OK, thank you.
Ha ty, fatla genes? And you, how are you?
