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The brave Cymry men had battles with the darker skinned people who were already there. When any one, young or old, died, their friends and relatives sat up all night guarding the body against wild beasts or savage men. This grew to be a settled custom and such a meeting was called a "wake." Everyone present did keep awake, and often in a very lively way. THE BRAVE KIMRE MEN HAD BATTLES WITH THE DARKER SKINNED PEOPLE WHO WERE ALREADY THERE WHEN ONE YOUNG OR OLD DIED THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES SAT UP ALL NIGHT GUARDING THE BODY AGAINST WILD BEASTS OR SAVAGE MEN THIS GREW TO BE A SETTLED CUSTOM AND SUCH A MEETING WAS CALLED A WAKE EVERY ONE PRESENT DID KEEP AWAKE AND OFTEN IN A VERY LIVELY WAY
e, they covered up the cracks or seams. Then they shaped paddles out of wood. When the coracle floated on the water, the whole family, daddy, mammy, kiddies, and any old aunts or uncles, or granddaddies, got into it. They waited for the wind to blow from the south over to the northern land. At first the coracle spun round and round, but by and by each daddy could, by rowing or paddling, make the thing go straight ahead. So finally all arrived in the land now called Great Britain. Though sugar was not then known, or for a thousand years later, the first thing they noticed was the enormous number of bees. When they searched, they found the rock caves and hollow trees full of honey, which had accumulated for generations. Every once in a while the bears, that so like sweet things, found out the hiding place of the bees, and ate up the honey. The children were very happy in sucking the honey comb and the mothers made candles out of the beeswax. The new comers named the country Honey Island.  THEY TURNED THE WICKER FRAME UPSIDE DOWN AND STRETCHED THE HIDES OF ANIMALS OVER THE WHOLE FRAME AND BOTTOM WITH PITCH GUM OR GREASE THEY COVERED UP THE CRACKS OR SEAMS THEN THEY SHAPED PADDLES OUT OF WOOD WHEN THE CORACLE FLOATED ON THE WATER THE WHOLE FAMILY DADDY MAMMY KITIES AND ANY OLD ANSWER UNCLES OR GRANDADDIES GOT INTO IT THEY WAITED FOR THE WIND TO BLOW FROM THE SOUTH OVER TO THE NORTHERN LAND AT FIRST THE CORACLE SPUN ROUND AND ROUND BUT BY AND BY EACH DADDY COULD BY ROWING OR PADDLING MAKE THE THING GO STRAIGHT AHEAD SO FINALLY ALL ARRIVED IN THE LAND NOW CALLED GREAT BRITAIN THOUGH SUGAR WAS NOT THEN KNOWN OR FOR A THOUSAND YEARS LATER THE FIRST THING THEY NOTICED WAS THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF BEES WHEN THEY SEARCHED THEY FOUND THE ROCK CAVES AND HOLLOW TREES FULL OF HONEY WHICH HAD ACCUMULATED FOR GENERATIONS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE BEARS THAT SO LIKE SWEET THINGS FOUND OUT THE HIDING PLACE OF THE BEES AND ATE UP ALL THE HONEY THE NEW COMERS NAMED THE COUNTRY HONEY ISLAND
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