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Calan Haf ([ˈkalan ˈhaːv] 'first day of Summer'), also
historically called Cyntefin, is the
Welsh celebration of May Day (1 May). It
marks the
beginning of...
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Scottish Gaelic name for the
month of May, An Cèitean, and
matches the
Welsh Cyntefin.
These have all been
derived from proto-Celtic *kentu-samonyos (first +...
- May Day *kintu-samo-n- "beginning of summer" Cétamain Céideamhain Cèitean
Cyntefin June,
Midsummer *medyo-samo-n- "mid-summer" Mithem(on)
Meitheamh Mehefin...
- Gaelic: Bealtainn), with the
Welsh names being Calan Mai,
Calan Haf, or
Cyntefin. Traditionally, it
marked the
beginning of summer. It is
known as Walpurgis...
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celebration of
Beltaine or Cétshamhain,
while for the
Welsh it was
Calan Mai or
Cyntefin.
First attested in 900 AD, the
celebration mainly focused on the symbolic...
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lines rhyme. One
example (showing the half-rhyme of -edd with -er) is:
Cyntefin ceinaf amser,
Dydar adar, glas calledd,
Ereidr yn rhych, ych yng ngwedd...
