Folk Traditions: Cynefin discusses the oral traditions of Wales' 'beirdd gwlad' | Songlines
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Folk Traditions: Cynefin discusses the oral traditions of Wales' 'beirdd gwlad'

By Russ Slater Johnson

Wales’ beirdd gwlad, folk poets, were for many years the the holders of oral history

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Evan Jenkins and David Jones, two folk poets from Ffair Rhos, discussing their poems in a cobbler’s workshop

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