Professor Wood on most translations of the Mabinogion: “I’m supposed to say not sufficiently academically rigorous. But what I’m actually thinking is get out the garlic.”
Professor Wood on the rugby game on Saturday: “If you went downtown, you saw the Scots. They were the ones in kilts. And you saw the Welsh. Those were the ones who WON.”
Professor Wood on that time Disney tried to insert itself into the Dewi Sant parade: “You know your culture has arrived when Disney tries to make money off it.”
Professor Wood on why most Welsh cathedrals are built in hollows: “Supposedly it was to hide from the Vikings. Though how you expected the Vikings to miss something that big…”
Professor Wood on the pilgrimage to the hilltop shrine of St. Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers: “By the time you get to the top of that hill, you aren’t feeling very loving.”