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St Piran's Day Cornish Phrases
Gool Peran
St Piran's Day is called "Gool Peran" in Cornish. The phrase to know first is "Gool Peran Lowen!" (Happy St Piran's Day!).
St Piran's Day, Gool Peran, is the national day of Cornwall, on 5 March. Below are the greeting, the name of the day, and the Cornish for Cornwall.
Greetings
Gool Peran Lowen!
Happy St Piran's Day!
Lowen means happy or glad.
Dynnargh dhe Gernow
Welcome to Cornwall
Kernow softens to Gernow after dhe, "to".
Useful words
Gool Peran
St Piran's Day
Gool is a feast or festival; Peran is Piran.
lowen
happy, glad
The word in the greeting, as in Nadelik lowen.
Kernow
Cornwall
The Cornish name of Cornwall.
The history of Gool Peran
Saint Piran's Day, in Cornish Gool Peran, is the national day of Cornwall, held on 5 March every year. It is named after Saint Piran, one of the patron saints of Cornwall and the patron saint of tin miners, and it started as one of the tinners' holidays kept by the tin miners of Cornwall. His flag, a white cross on black, Baner Peran, is the flag of Cornwall. Gool is the Cornish word for a feast or festival.
Common questions
How do you say Happy St Piran's Day in Cornish?
Gool Peran Lowen!
Further reading
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Sources
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- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
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