If you clicked on this article, chances are you have a couple of pretty good questions. For many of you, the first question is, ‘what is a cilt anyway? Simply put, cilt is the Welsh spelling of the traditional Scottish garment, the kilt. But what is a kilt?

Strictly speaking, the kilt is a man’s skirt, but not all skirts can be kilts. For a kilt to be, it must be a pleated or folded(1), wrap-around skirt with a flat-pressed ‘apron’ on either end if…

It's almost time for new years resolutions so here's mine:-

I will take up long distance running again in 2012.

This will involve a complete lifestyle change. Firstly I will have to stop smoking ( groan ) and that means that i have to stop drinking as well because the two go together for me.

I used to be able to run 13 miles. It will be interesting to see if its possible to get back to that level of…

Arfon Williams was born in LLanrwst North Wales and attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd St Asaph,Ysgol Cymraeg from 1972 to 1977. He joined the army in 1977 and served with the Ist Battalion Welsh Guards. In 1985 he joined the Merseyside Police. He has served with the CID and will be retiring in July 2012 . Arfon has written and recorded two albums :- "I Still Dream" which is distributed by ACM…

Merry Christmas/Nadolig Llawen to all our members and readers

If you're visiting the site this Christmas dont forget to check out our new dropdown navbar.....like all the best new features on AmeriCymru it ALMOST works

But seriously, you may find a few pages and…

The 'buche de Noel', or yule log, originated on the Continent, but the custom of burning it in the depths of winter spread to Wales during the nineteenth century. Said to have originated in pagan times, it was considered lucky to keep a piece from one year to the next, to hold on to good luck. Sometimes the log would burn from Christmas Eve into Christmas night, depending on the size and hardness of the wood.

Emma has a wood burning stove and it can easily burn £10 of logs a day. I'd…

Here's one of my recent blog entries which might interest Americymru fans.

http://daibach-welldigger.blogspot.com/2011/12/significance-of-sidney-curnow-vospers.html

Thanks very much to Gaynor and Mona for their help.Very much appreciated.

Nadolig Llawen i pawb.Les Jenkins.

Doe's anyone know if it is possible to buy Saint Dwynwen's day cards.Is there such a thing?If there is where would I get it from.Google didn't produce anything.Nice slate heart available from the national slate museum but you have to go there.Thanks for any help.Les Jenkins.

Footless Crow aims to provide the best in British outdoor writing in a unique 'blogazine' format. Offering new articles and republishing classic articles from the past which have been cherry picked from UK...Read More…

Reprinted with permission from David Western's blog, all material © 2011, David Western --

As another year draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone the very best of the season. Nadolig Llawen (Merry Christmas)…

When King Arthur celebrated Christmas at Carlisle, he ordered that all the knights and the other high-ranking guests should feast for ten days, starting on the 25th of December.  Granted, they did things differently in those days, plus there was no refrigeration, vacuum packs and E numbers, but they were able to keep the food and drink flowing.

Things are done differently in our house.  Peter does not like to see the mid-day meat reappearing again. This means, we buy just enough for…

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A Famous Welshman:  Sir Thomas Picton, hero or villain?

Purely by chance, just as I was putting the finishing touches to my new novel, I came across the furore in the media about the status and reputation of Sir Thomas Picton, who figures very prominently in the story.  He was…

A message from the dotCYM Campaign.

"Dear supporter,

It's with a heavy heart that I contact you today to inform you that dotCYM Ltd. will most probably be unable to apply for a top-level domain (TLD), .cymru, for Wales.

Instead of working with dotCYM to create a strong application for a top-level domain for Wales, the Government has invited Oxford-based Nominet, the company running .uk domains, to come to Wales to compete…

It promises to be just what you need to get into the Christmas spirit.

Burry Post businessman Gareth Isaac is a prime example of how hard work can help you beat the recession.

Mr Isaac set up his GI Carpets and Rugs business exactly three years ago – just as the economy started to nosedive.

“People looked at me as if I was daft trying to…

I've been wallowing in nostalgia, flicking through Nita Sybil Evans's handwritten cookery book.  At one time, Nita lived in Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire. Later, the family moved a few miles to Carmarthen, where her father was a chapel minister.

Llangendeirne lies cradled in the folds of the Gwendraeth Fach Valley. The 1676 Hearth Returns show there were one hundred and two households in the area.

Iolo Morgannwg, writing in 1796, called it: 'the best village that I have ever…