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Thread #37400   Message #521469
Posted By: sian, west wales
05-Aug-01 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hob-i-derry Dando
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hob-i-derry Dando
There are actually two Hob y Deri Dando-s , a North Wales and a South Wales one. I provided a lot of info to one of the Usenet groups some years ago, which I think Abby Sale copied to Mudcat (I wasn't a member at the time).

The phrase that's boggling you is Siani Fach Fwyn. (Shannee Vach Vooeen - with the ch as in the German, ie. Bach) and means Gentle Little Sian (note: female), Sian being Jane in Welsh.

Maybe someone can dredge up the old thread ... ? The Druid thing (ie. *real* druids is, umm, tenuous) But the druids did worship the Oak. Pigs used to be grazed in oak groves to feed on the acorns.

Sian not under the oaks ...