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NOTES. 14 A.NWYL.A. correspondent of Notts and Queries for October 21, 1871, asked, Who was the author of the novel Reginald Treon by Edward Troon, A nicy I," suggesting that "Anwyl would make I Wanly' for example, and look more Christian-like." BOOKWOBM. I GWILYM YSGEIFIOG ON A BEGGING TOUR. t -The unfortunate Welsh poet, Gwilym Ysgeifiog. I Flintshire, was once on a. begging tour in some I Welsh district, and someone told hiui that he would give him a certain sum of money on condi- tion that he should there and then, on the spur of the moment, compose an "englyu" to the cat (" cath "), mentioning the animal's same not leas than eight times in his englyn." Gwilyna, on the brink of starvation, accepted the terms at once, and uttered the following:— c¡¡t.ù ddon!oi, call; dduwiol, cath ddu-cath lygoti, Cath Loeger a Ciiymrvi Cath, cfctb. n'i bat-a rii bu— Ca!,h y fall—cei wyth felly." J. MYFENTDD MOH&JLN. Llanvarlcg, Anglesea. WELSH WORTHIES.—Would it not be a work worthy of Cymrw Fit to do something towards rescuing the names of our departed worthies from oblivion? Here are two who cut a prominent figure as literati in their day. Of their personal history, however, I know but little. (1) William Moae", of Merthyr Tydfil, whose Caingc y Gog (2nd, ed.), was published in 1824; 144pp. In A weny ddion Mvrganiogy where there is an elegy to his memory, it is said that he died November 27, 1824, aged 82. (2) Thomas Williams (" Gwilym Morganwg") died August 13, 1835, aged 55 years- I believe that his poetical works have been published, but I have no particulars. He is said to have been the author of a pamphlet bearing the title Y dull yr aeth y byà í) chwith, 1817. Aberdare. T. C. U. rCur correspndent will find information respect- William Moses in this week's Cymru, Fa column. -ED.] CHRISTIAN NAMES IN WALES.—I have been much struck with the kind of fashion that exists in different parts of Wales with regard to the naming of children. In Carnarvon. Bangor, and other large North Waiian towns the custom is to name the little ones after their fattier, mother, aunt, or other relatives, and in Llanberis and surrounding villages-and, indeed, in all mountain places—one name is not enough. Almost every child is a. John Charles, Hugh William, Margaret Jane, or Elizabeth Mary, and the poor little mortals are always called by both names. In East Derby- shire tha fashion is to give the cbildren pible names in rotation as they come. Thus we have in one family Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Isaac, Joseph, and Reuben in another Ruth and Naomi: and in another, actually Tubal Cain and Seth, the surname bei^tg Jone». One family of youngsters are called Sidonia, Naomi, Cyrus, and Enos. The fun of it is that the parents have no idea how to pronounce the names. Sidonia is always called "Sidroneyas," Naomi, "Know me," and Cyi-us, "Sirius." Walking through a cemetaty the other day I came across the name it Rhuama Evans on a moss-grown graveatone. Some years ago I atood godmother to a child named Milton Citto Clarke. NOMA WUIAN. [Readers would lie rendering good service by r jotiiiig down and forwarding for insertion is Cymru Fti aay extraordinary or ncommon Chris- tian name or Ptirname which they tome across in the Principality.—Eu. |

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