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Re: CELT-CHAT: Waving the flag
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- Subject: Re: CELT-CHAT: Waving the flag
- From: Andrew Smith <[email protected]>
- Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 17:46:25 +1200
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On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Raymond A. Brown wrote:
> It's true Henry Tudor adopted the red dragon on the green & white field
> when he landed at Milford Haven in his successful bid to overthrow Richard
> III. But my understanding is that the standard is older & Henry adopted it
> to get the Welsh to follow him. The green represents the earth, grass etc.
> & the white is the sky.
>
> Adopting the black cross of the Bishop of St.David's would, I feel, not be
> a good idea as it raises one diocese above the others. In medieval Wales,
> the principality was divided into four dioceses: StDavid's (or Menevia),
> Llandaff, StAsaphs & Bangor.
>
> I'm still attached to y Ddraig Goch.
>
At this stage I think I will have to gracefully accept defeat and conclude
the only difference between y Ddraig Goch and ill Dragun Rhys is the
language in which it is named. Or at least for now it will go back on the
backburner, it's a very quixotic subject.
- andrew.
Andrew Smith <[email protected]>
Life is short, so am I...