Happy St David’s Day

Famouswelsh >> BBC Religion: St David fact-file
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>> Learn on S4C: St David’s Day E-Cards
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>> BBC Wales Music
Website of the Day’s celebration of the patron saint of Wales starts with a quick refresher on the 10 undisputed facts about St David.

Next we move onto the web’s definitive guide to Celebrity leek-enthusiasts past and present: Famous Welsh lists all the acknowledged Welsh icons (from Dylan Thomas to Catherine Zeta Jones) as well as some less obvious contenders (Rolf Harris, Donny Osmond and David Baddiel).

Welsh language TV channel S4C have a selection of educational St David’s Day e-cards available in English and Welsh. Each card tells the story of one of St David’s miracles.

And BBC Wales’ online offering is one of the most impressive sections of the whole of bbc.co.uk with a whole site to help newcomers to Wales get the hang of the language and pronunciation and an excellent guide to Welsh music from Bassey and Jones to Super Furry Animals, Goldie Lookin Chain and Bullet For My Valentine.

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