Gwnewch y Pethau Bychain: Do the Little Things (Bilingual): 400 o syniadau i Gefnogi Cymru a'r Gymraeg/400 great ideas to support Wales and the Welsh language (Welsh Edition)

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David's popularity in Wales is shown by the Armes Prydein of around 930, a popular poem which prophesied that in the future, when all might seem lost, the Cymry ( Welsh people) would unite behind the standard of David to defeat the English; " A lluman glân Dewi a ddyrchafant" ("And they will raise the pure banner of Dewi").

A broadside ballad published around 1630 claimed that the Welsh wore a leek in their hats to commemorate a battle fought on St David's Day. So as to recognise friend from foe, the Welsh had pulled up leeks from a garden and put them in their hats, before going on to win the battle. [13] Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-07-28 08:03:56 Associated-names Gruffudd, Ffion Heledd, editor Boxid IA40194523 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifierRoberts, Holly. (2004). Vegetarian Christian Saints. Anjeli Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-9754844-0-0 "David and his fellow members within this community believed hard manual labor was the duty of all, thus preferring not to use cattle to help them plow the fields. They resolved to maintain a diet of bread and vegetables, with just a sprinkling of salt, so as not to inflict unnecessary suffering upon any creature by taking its life for food."

The restored Shrine of Saint David was unveiled and rededicated by the Right Reverend Wyn Evans, Bishop of St David's, at a Choral Eucharist on Saint David's Day, 2012. David was known as Dewi Dyfrwr - meaning David the Waterdrinker - because of his diet of bread and water. Even meat and beer were off the menu. Evans, J. Wyn; Wooding, Jonathan M. (2007). St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation. Boydell Press. p.1. ISBN 9781843833222.David is said to have played a role in spreading Christianity on the continent, inspiring numerous place names in Brittany including Saint-Divy, Saint-Yvi and Landivy. Though the exact date of his death is not certain, tradition holds that it was on 1 March, which is the date now marked as Saint David's Day. [10] The two most common years given for his death are 601 and 589. The monastery is said to have been "filled with angels as Christ received his soul". His last words to his followers were in a sermon on the previous Sunday. The Welsh Life of St David gives these as, " Arglwyddi, brodyr, a chwiorydd, Byddwch lawen a chadwch eich ffyd a'ch credd, a gwnewch y petheu bychain a glywsoch ac y welsoch gennyf i. A mwynhau a gerdaf y fford yd aeth an tadeu idi", [11] which translates as, "Lords, brothers and sisters, Be joyful, and keep your faith and your creed, and do the little things that you have seen me do and heard about. And as for me, I will walk the path that our fathers have trod before us." "Do ye the little things in life" (" Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd") is today a very well known phrase in Welsh. The same passage states that he died on a Tuesday, from which attempts have been made to calculate the year of his death. Suicide is a devastating event, which, in the setting of the UK, is often related to mental illness. However, while it is important to treat people with mental illness to avoid preventable deaths, there are limitations to how effective this can be in reducing the total number of suicides.

The Praise of Saint Davids day. / Shewing the Reason why the Welshmen honour the Leeke on that day. To the tune of When this Old Cap was new. (?1630). Human interaction may seem a small thing but it can make a difference to how well a treatment works. Placebo effects are powerful and they are not just due to fooling yourself that dummy tablets work. The effects of a placebo can be due to all of the helpful aspects of a therapeutic relationship. Suicide Phillimore, Egerton (ed.), 1888 "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859", Y Cymmrodor; 9 (1888) pp. 141–183. Having worked in mental health for 42 years, I have seen the announcement of many breakthroughs in treatment. New medications, genetic advances and novel approaches like transcranial magnetic stimulation have all been subject to extravagant claims. None of them has delivered the promised transformation of mental health care.

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Doing the small things has a role to play in treating mental illness too. Medication and therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy have roles to play in helping people to recover from mental illness. However, they are not so effective that they are always enough on their own. They are likely to work best when they happen in the context of a trusting relationship with a doctor.