of Welshmen were symbolically lynched, and by the 18th century the custom had arisen of confectioners producing "taffies"—gingerbreadfigures baked in the shape of a Welshman riding a goat—on Saint David's Day.不同于爱尔兰的圣帕特里克节，圣大卫日并非国定假日，though there is str