Rita Singer<p>It's <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/StDavidsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StDavidsDay</span></a>, or <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DyddGwylDewi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DyddGwylDewi</span></a>, here in Wales. Aberystwyth may hold a parade later today, but that's a more recent development. Two hundred years ago, people used this day for an evening of wining, dining and toasting. Outside of London, where this sort of thing had been going on since mid-C18, Holyhead was a fairly early adopter of this habit in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a>.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/wales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wales</span></a></span> <a href="https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/533" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">portspastpresent.eu/items/show</span><span class="invisible">/533</span></a></p>