Siôn Abel

Siôn Abel, also known as John Abel, (fl. 18th century) was a Welsh balladeer and teacher who lived in Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn, now part of Powys).

Work

In 1783, Abel wrote a poem entitled "A Christmas Carol" in Welsh three-stroke metre (Welsh: tri-thrawiad). He was also the author of "Song against Drunkenness, Lies and Miserliness" (as Cerdd yn Erbyn Medd-dod, Celwydd a Chybydd-dra), published in a booklet of three ballads by H. Lloyd of Shrewsbury and listed in the Bibliography of Welsh Ballads (1909–11) by J. H. Davies. Another recorded work of his is the elegy "Ffarwel Ned Puw" (Farewell Ned Pugh).[1][2][3]

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References
  1. David Myrddin Lloyd. "Sion Abel". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. "John Abel". Ysgol y Gymraeg, Prifysgol Bangor ac Ysgol y Gymraeg, Prifysgol Caerdydd (School of Welsh at Bangor University and the School of Welsh, Cardiff University) (in Welsh). Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1908). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 60.



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