Happy St Piran's Day (Cornwall) from RootsChat

[trystan]

Happy St Piran's Day, the Patron Saint of Cornwall and of Tin Miners.

Details about St Piran or Pyran here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Piran

There is a campaign for the day be made a "Bank Holiday" in the same way as the other Patron Saints.

If it means a day off, and an day of Cornish Pasties then it sounds absolutely wonderful. If also means that we can remember the miners that travelled far and wide from the the many corners of the country to serve in the mining industry of tin in Cornwall then it's even better.

Trystan

PS Directors Cut: (Like a DVD Extra) "The RootsChat Pasty Photoshoot" Below (in the making of the RootsChat St Piran's header). Unfortunately, pasties were harmed in the process, but they were very tasty indeed. 

[groom]

I was just trying to work out what was different about the RootsChat header. I'm all in favour of another Bank Holiday, but not this time of the year. We need one between the end of August and Christmas.

I'm sure you took very good care of the pasties and handled them with loving care before giving them a decent send off. 

[trystan]

Well spotted!

Oh yes,  we even put them on the back seat of the car in a little bag (no, really we did!) to get them home intact so we could photograph them.

Trystan

[kiwihalfpint]

Well spotted!

Oh yes,  we even put them on the back seat of the car in a little bag (no, really we did!) to get them home intact so we could photograph them.

Trystan

With the seat belt on?   I was trying to work out the significance of the banner earlier

Cheers
KHP

[groom]

I hope you checked their family history to make sure they were proper Cornish pasties and not imposters. 

[trystan]

No, sorry, we didn't put the seat belts on them as we didn't want to scare them 

Incidentally, the Cornish Pasty has a special significance with Tin Miners...

[majm]

        

Here in New South WALES, Australia we need to wait until Easter before the next "public" holiday comes along.   The first recorded public holiday was celebrated in 1789, in June.   Seems it was the monarch's birthday!   Perhaps that is why there's a 'long weekend' in June every year here in NSW ....  Queen's birthday weekend as it is currently known.

Bank holiday in NSW is the first Monday in August each year.  It usually applies to employees in the finance industry eg Stock Brokers, the Stock Exchange, the Banks, Insurance Brokers, etc.  It is not a general public holiday, so it is not a day off school 

But Trystan, if you can organise a bank holiday for St Piran's across the globe (but of course) I am quite sure there's many a Cornish Descendant in NSW who will be mighty pleased as even St Patrick's Day is not a public holiday in NSW.          

But pasties will be on our dinner table this evening     

Cheers, JM

[trystan]

I hope you checked their family history to make sure they were proper Cornish pasties and not imposters. 

Well they were found in Lancashire...

[trystan]

But Trystan, if you can organise a bank holiday for St Piran's across the globe (but of course) I am quite sure there's many a Cornish Descendant in NSW who will be mighty pleased as even St Patrick's Day is not a public holiday in NSW.          

Hey JM, wouldn't that be wonderful?! We could have a great bit RootsChat global Cornish Pasty eating day too!

If people go to the top of the post and share this topic by pressing the Facebook, Twitter and Google+ buttons, then who knows, together we might just be able to do it!

Trystan