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Crowdercref	Ever played a Welsh Crwth? (67* d)	RE: Ever played a Welsh Crwth?	19 Sep 07
FYI in middle English and Cornish we find cruit, crouth, crowd. Hence the surnames crouther and crowder. By the way, sadly I don't have a crwth. I have a three string Cornish Crowd - the functional equivalent of the Welsh crwth trythant - the apprentice instrument. Mine is modelled on iconography dating about 1525 - a pew end carving at Altarnun. There is also a carving of a crwth (perhaps with 4 strings) at Cotehele house in East Cornwall. But the carving is believed to have come from Wales. There is no evident of post-medieval crwth survival in Cornwall, though it is hinted at just a bit by the continued use of the words crowd and crowder to mean any sort of fiddle/fiddler. The cref in crowdercref means 'great' or 'big', hence - big fiddler! Us crowders aren't proud! Oll an gwella Crowdercref

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