Thursday, 19 July 2012
Badlabecques
A video introduction to Badlabecques - and info about the fundraising for the new album.
Normand dans le chant
J'avons r'chu l'drein neunmétho du magâsîn Culture Normande tch'a eune articl'ye "Normand dans le chant" par Guillaume Éloy entouor l'histouaithe d'la mûsique en Nouormandie. Y'a des mentions pouor les dgaîngues d'achteu:
The latest issue of Culture Normande has an overview of music in Normandy. Mentions go to Magène, Mait'Gires, Les Varous, La Clameur de Haro among recent practitioners.
"le point commun de ces nouveaux venus étant de mêler chant français et chant normand: le désir de cultiver un double héritage culturel: musical et linguistique!"
The latest issue of Culture Normande has an overview of music in Normandy. Mentions go to Magène, Mait'Gires, Les Varous, La Clameur de Haro among recent practitioners.
Bachîn ringing - a Jersey tradition explained
Faithe braithe les peîles dans la Rue d'Driéthe, Saint Hélyi au mais d'Juilet 2012.
An explanation and demonstration of how to ring a bachîn. Bachîn ringing in King Street, Saint Helier, for La Fête de Saint Hélier.
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Faithe braithe les peîles - Bachîn ringing
Faithe braithe les peîles: du vidgo d'hièr
Bachîn ringing: video from yesterday
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Faithe braithe les peîles - Bachîn ringing
J'allons faithe braithe les peîles aniet à 12h30 dans la Rue d'Driéthe (au tou du preinseu). Et ofûche d'la poésie étout.
Come along and hear (or even try out!) some traditional bachîn ringing at the apple crusher in King Street today at 12.30. And we might throw in a poem or two.
Come along and hear (or even try out!) some traditional bachîn ringing at the apple crusher in King Street today at 12.30. And we might throw in a poem or two.
Labels:
bachîns
Monday, 16 July 2012
La Saint Hélyi - Saint Helier's Day
Aniet ch'est la Saint Hélyi.
Today is Saint Helier's Day.
Nou lanchit eune biéthe à matîn: Helerius. Et à la lanch'chie y'avait l'livret bilîngue entouor l'saint.
Helerius beer was launched this morning. And the little bilingual book about the saint's life and legend was there too.
Today is Saint Helier's Day.
Nou lanchit eune biéthe à matîn: Helerius. Et à la lanch'chie y'avait l'livret bilîngue entouor l'saint.
Helerius beer was launched this morning. And the little bilingual book about the saint's life and legend was there too.
Saturday, 14 July 2012
Badlabecques: Jean Gros Jean
La dgaîngue Badlabecques chante la chanson traditionnelle Jèrriaise "Jean Gros Jean" au Show du Vouêt, l'8 d'Juilet, en Jèrri
Jèrriais band Badlabecques singing "Jean Gros Jean" (performed at 2012 West Show)
Friday, 13 July 2012
Romanticism at La Hougue Bie
Poetry: Sanctuaire du Poète - a gothic romp of a poem performed by candlelight, if not by moonlight...
I vait et tout les Dom's d'viser dans l'Royal Square,
E zi les vait passer la rue Trous'-cotillons.
I vait lues crinolines, i n'sait pas qui zen craire!
Ah, quand i vait trousser lues biaux roug' pétillons,
I voudrait les enl'ver à caus' que les Lunnaises
N'ont qu'un yi dans le front qui vait trop cliai partout.
Labels:
songs
Minority language literature
Guardian Books podcast: Minority language literature:
Claire Armitstead speaks to Clive Boutle, of publisher Francis Boutle, about his Lesser Used Languages of Europe series, and discusses the pleasures and problems of bringing out anthologies of Galician, Breton, Norman, Manx and Cornish writing.
Labels:
books,
Brittany,
Cornwall,
Minority Languages
Des buts du Dictionnaithe - Dictionary snippets
Lé Dictionnaire Jersiais-Français contcheint un amas d'entrées tchi connaîssent la caûque-souothis ou f'thaient rithe les cats. Dans chutte séthie, j'en présentons en Angliais tchiqu's'eunes d'întéthêt.
A series of out-of-the-ordinary entries translated from the Dictionnaire Jersiais-Français.
A series of out-of-the-ordinary entries translated from the Dictionnaire Jersiais-Français.
précipit, s.m. Ointment containing mercury which, amongst other things, was used to kill lice. We do not know precisely for which other ailment it was used. Cf. F. précipité.
Labels:
dictionary,
vocabulary
Thursday, 12 July 2012
1946: "Mrs. Le Sueur's cheerful party"
Front page of the Morning News 11/10/1946:
At St. Saviours Last Night
Mrs. Le Sueur's cheerful party waiting to take part in the Carnival. They won a prize in the competition for decorated cars and lorries.
Labels:
history
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