pennillions

Updated: May 8, 2025

"Well," said the damsel, "now I remember, there is a person of that name in L-, and he also keeps a house which he calls the Arms, but it is only a public-house." "But," said I, "is he not a prydydd, an illustrious poet; does he not write pennillion which everybody admires?" "Well," said the damsel, "I believe he does write things which he calls pennillions, but everybody laughs at them."

George Henry Borrow - Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery