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also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: British: Welsh This category exists only as a container for other categories of Welsh women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Northern Ireland Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists) North Shields Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers [citation needed] North Wales Gogs [68] Northwich Salt Boys (from Northwich Victoria F.C.) Norwich Nodgies, Canaries, Budgies (the football club colours are green ...
Very little evidence for traditional Welsh costume survives before about 1770 when the first tourists came to Wales and recorded in words and pictures the costumes worn by women in Wales. They noted that the women in rural parts of Wales wore a distinctive costume which varied from place to place. Women in towns and those who lived near the ...
This glossary of names for the British include nicknames and terms, including affectionate ones, neutral ones, and derogatory ones to describe British people, Irish People and more specifically English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish people. Many of these terms may vary between offensive, derogatory, neutral and affectionate depending on a ...
Bethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer; Saint Gwenfyl (fl. 6th century), Christian saint; Lowri Gwilym (1954––2010), television and radio producer; Eirwen Gwynn (1916–2007), nationalist, writer, teacher and scientist; Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (1097–1137), Princess Consort of ...
When the butcher tried to bludgeon the cow, the instrument passed though her head and did nothing. Suddenly, angered that the farmer had attempted to slaughter the cow, a woman in green, one of the Gwragedd Annwn, called the cow and all her offspring away, except for one, which had turned jet black. This is how the Welsh black cattle came to be.
A banshee (/ ˈ b æ n ʃ iː / BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, [1] usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening.
Erin is also a name for Ireland in Welsh, and is one of the 20 most popular girls' names in Wales. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] As a family name , Erin has been used as one of the many spellings of the name of the Scottish clan "Irwin"—which was involved in the Scottish Plantations of Ireland . [ 10 ]