Re: Kemrese Flag

[Padraic Brown <agricola@wam.umd.edu>]

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> Before you decide firmly on a dove, I think the present Welsh Standard
> should not be forgotten.  It was raised by Henry Tudor when he landed in
> Wales to march against Richard III.  But the red dragon has a longer
> ancestory, going back to the standards of the Roman legions.  The red
> dragon fluttered behind the standards as they marched.  The dragon survived
> because the Romanized Celts, resisting the Saxon invaders, considered
> themselves _Romans_.
> 
> This seems very apposite for the Kemrese who even maintained a Romance
> laguage.  Surely the symbols of Rome would have meant much to them.  Don't
> abandon 'y Ddraig Goch' too readily!

I had no idea that the dragon standard's ancestry went that far back.
This is of course a very good point; and would suit the Kernu very well,
as they are quite proud of their Roman ancestry.

Now how do we fit St. David, a Celtic cross, a dive-bombing dove, an eagle
and a rampaging dragon all on one little flag? ;^)  

> The other well known Roman symbol was, of course, the eagle.  And as
> eagles are known in Wales - Snowdonia is called, in Welsh, 'Eryri'
> (the place of > eagles)  <-- eryr (eagle).  
>
> Ray. 
>
Padraic.