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A TRAIT OF THE WELSH PEOPLE.
My family is Welsh, and I was born in Tredegar, Wales.

David and Davies are favorite names among the Welsh, probably because David whipped Goliath, and mothers named their babies after the champion.

The Welsh are a small nation that has always had to fight against a big nation.
The idea that David stopped Goliath seemed to reflect their own national glory.

The ancient invasions that poured across Britain were stopped in Wales, and they never could push the Welshmen into the sea.
The Welsh pride themselves on hanging on.