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🪻 Clychau’r Gog at Palé Hall

Did you know the Welsh word for Bluebells is ‘Clychau’r Gog’? (Y Gog = Cuckoo, Clychau = Bells). According to our folklore, the song of the cuckoo announces the arrival of spring.

They come when the cuckoo comes
When she goes, they go too
The wild nostalgic scent,
The old enchanting hue
Arriving, then bidding goodbye,
Ah, but their days are few

~ ‘Clychau’r Gog’ by Welsh Poet, R Williams Parry. English Translation: Joseph P Clancy