
St David’s Day Celebration, Cardiff Bay, March 1st 2009. National Assembly for Wales / 2009 [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
St David is the patron saint of Wales. He is reputed to have had his soldiers attach leeks to their caps so they could distinguish themselves from their enemies.
This is, sadly, almost certainly a myth (see the entry on leeks), but nonetheless it’s a good day on which to haul out your leek recipes.

Leeks at Market. Paula Trites / 2010
Alternatively, you may wish to try making something with the seaweed that the Welsh call “laver.”
St David is also called “St Tavy” or “Dewi Saint.”

National Assembly for Wales [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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