34 things you only know if you went to school in Wales

1. First things first, your day generally started with the word 'Yma'

The council cabinet will discuss the plans (Rob Browne)

2. Then in assembly you'd sing absolute tunes like I Bob Un Sy'n Ffyddlon

Children enjoy a singalong at the Llangrannog centre in the 1970s (Western Mail/Echo)

3. And on very special occasions you would be allowed to sing Aderyn Melyn

4. When you were in year six you were allowed to sit on the benches in assembly and thought you were the bees knees

5. But you were probably banned from playing bulldogs after some kid got seriously injured in the yard

6. On St David's Day you'd dress up like this

(MediaWales)

7. Then you'd look for the picture of you in your costume in the local paper the next week

8. On March 1, you'd have the Eisteddfod

9. You probably remember practising the Dawnsio Gwerin for it

(Daily Post Wales)

10. You'd compete in 'houses', like on Harry Potter, but there wasn't one called Gryffindor. In fact, yours was probably named after a mine

11. When you were in year six you could be a house captain

12. Which meant if someone was naughty you had the power to put them on the wall

13. When you were little your school trip was to Big Pit or St Fagans

14. But you knew you were grown up when you were able to go to Llangrannog for the weekend

We've all been there: The bunk beds at Llangrannog in the 1980s (Western Mail/Echo)

15. While you were there, you fancied a swog

(Rhian Israel)

16. And got scared out of your mind by the Black Nun

17. There was a good chance your teacher was called Mrs Jones, Mrs Evans or Mrs Williams

(Media Wales)

18. And you had to say 'Good morning' and 'Bore da' to them

19. As well as doing maths in Welsh

20. If you were an infant in the golden age, you'd be given milk at break time

Hannah Chissick with a glass of milk. June 2 1987. (Mirrorpix)

21. And if you forgot your PE kit you'd sometimes end up doing it in your knickers and vests

22. Turkey twizzlers were always on the lunch menu before Jamie Oliver kicked off

Jamie Oliver (Richard Swingler)

23. You said the Lord's Prayer every morning in English and Welsh

24. And watched SuperTed and Fireman Sam when you got home

25. Wil Cwac Cwac was class too

26. Your school desk probably looked like this at one point

(my_southborough/Creative Commons/Flickr)

27. When you were old enough to go to comp, you'd jump on a Gwyn Williams bus

28. Oakwood was practically Alton Towers when you were 12

Oakwood Theme Park’s iconic wooden rollercoaster Megafobia (Oakwood)

29. If someone went on holiday, they'd come back with a hair braid

30. Which was much better than the boys' ~horrific~ haircuts

31. You also brought back a stick of rock for everyone in the class

32. Your IT lessons looked like this

33. You could find out a lot about a person by a shag band

(Sam Howzit/Flickr)

34. And, of course, Mr Urdd. Obviously.