St David is the patron saint of Wales and St David's Day is celebrated on 1st March each year. This marks the anniversary of his death in 589AD. The day is traditionally celebrated by hosting parades, and eating traditional Welsh food, such as Welsh rarebit which is made from cheese.
In Scouts we do market it with activities like baking Welsh Cakes, learning about St. David and making cards with daffodils.
Hamster wheel of learning new hurts about Wales never ends. If they were celebrating St David's in lots of places outside Wales, it was always quite unaware that the horror of South Wales catarrh was happening, ruining childhoods there by making it impossible to discover by yourself that your dream comfort preferences won't make you catch cold.
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