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John Ceiriog Hughes, the Glossary

John Ceiriog Hughes (25 September 1832 – 23 April 1887) was a Welsh poet and collector of Welsh folk tunes, sometimes termed a Robert Burns of Wales.^[1]

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Ar Hyd y Nos

"Ar Hyd y Nos" is a Welsh song sung to a tune that was first recorded in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784).

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Bardic name

A bardic name is a pseudonym used in Wales, Cornwall, or Brittany by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement.

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Caersws railway station

Caersws railway station is on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the village of Caersws.

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Castell Dinas Brân

Castell Dinas Brân is a medieval castle, built by the Princes of Powys Fadog, which occupies a prominent hilltop site above the town of Llangollen in Denbighshire, Wales.

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Ceiriog Valley

The Ceiriog Valley (Dyffryn Ceiriog) is the valley of the River Ceiriog in north-east Wales.

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Charles Dibdin

Charles Dibdin (before 4 March 1745 – 25 July 1814) was an English composer, musician, dramatist, novelist, singer and actor.

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Cynghanedd

In Welsh-language poetry, cynghanedd (literally "harmony") is the basic concept of sound-arrangement within one line, using stress, alliteration and rhyme.

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Dafydd y Garreg Wen

Dafydd y Garreg Wen is a traditional Welsh musical air and folk song.

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Denbighshire (historic)

Until 1974, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych), or the County of Denbigh, was an administrative county in the north of Wales, later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Folk music

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.

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God Bless the Prince of Wales

"God Bless the Prince of Wales" (Ar Dywysog Gwlad y Bryniau) is a royalist song.

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Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog

Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (often referred to as Llanarmon DC or locally simply as Llanarmon) is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

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Llanidloes

Llanidloes is a town and community on the A470 and B4518 roads in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn), Wales.

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Llanwnnog

Llanwnog is a village in Powys, Wales.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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"Men of Harlech" or "The March of the Men of Harlech" (Welsh) is a song and military march which is traditionally saidFuld, James J., The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk, Dover, 5th ed.

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National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.

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Pennines

The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of uplands mainly located in Northern England.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. John Ceiriog Hughes and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are 19th-century poets.

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Station master

The station master (or stationmaster) is the person in charge of a railway station, particularly in the United Kingdom and many other countries outside North America.

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The Ash Grove

The Ash Grove (Llwyn Onn) is a traditional Welsh folk song whose melody has been set to numerous sets of lyrics.

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The Bells of Aberdovey

The Bells of Aberdovey (Clychau Aberdyfi) is a popular song which refers to the village now usually known locally by its Welsh-language name of Aberdyfi (sometimes still anglicised as Aberdovey) in Gwynedd, Wales at the mouth of the River Dyfi on Cardigan Bay.

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Treachery of the Blue Books

The Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales, commonly referred to in Wales as the "Treason of the Blue Books" or "Treachery of the Blue Books" (Brad y Llyfrau Gleision) or just the "Blue Books" are a three-part publication by the British Government in 1847, which caused uproar in Wales for disparaging the Welsh; being particularly scathing in its view of the nonconformity, the Welsh language and the morality of the Welsh people in general.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ceiriog_Hughes

Also known as Ceiriog (poet).

John Ceiriog Hughes, the Glossary

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