term 'Perrantide' has been coined to describe the week prior to this day. Many Cornish-themed events occur in the Duchy and also in areas in which there is a large community descended from Cornish emigrants. The village of Perranporth ('Porthpyran' in Cornish) hosts the annual inter-Celtic festival of 'Lowender Peran', which is also named in honour of him. The largest St Piran's Day event is the march across the dunes to St Piran's cross which hundreds of people attend, generally dressed in black, white and gold, and carrying the Cornish Flag. A play of the Life of St Piran, in Cornish, has been enacted since 2000 at the event. Daffodils are also carried and placed at the cross. Daffodils also feature in celebrations in Truro, most likely due to their 'gold' colour. Black, white and gold are colours associated with Cornwall due to St Piran's Flag (black and white), and the Duchy Shield (gold coins on black). In 2006 Cornish MP Dan Rogerson asked the government to make 5 March a public holiday in Cornwall to recognise celebrations for St Piran's Day. In 2010, a short movie about St. Piran was made and premiered at the Heartland Film Festival. See also Mount St. Piran Piran (Slovenia) Saint Piran, patron saint archive St Piran Football League St Piran's (school) Notes References Sources Carter, Eileen. (2001). In the Shadow of St Piran Doble, G. H. (1965). The Saints of Cornwall. Dean & Chapter of Truro. Loth, J. (1930). 'Quelques victimes de l'hagio-onomastique en Cornwall: saint Peran, saint Keverne, saint Achebran' in Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Bretagne. Plummer, Charles. (1922). Betha Naem nErenn Tomlin, E. W. F. (1982). In Search of St Piran Rev. Charles William Boase, M.A. (Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford). PIRANUS, ST. In: William Smith and Henry Wace. A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines During the First Eight Centuries. Volume IV: N-Z. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1887. pp. 404–405. Further reading "A man of the people who liked his pint... no wonder Piran is Cornwall's hero." Europe Intelligence Wire 21 February 2012. Eileen Carter. In the shadow of Saint Piran, AD 500-2000: The history of the Saint and his foundations at Perranzabuloe. Wadebridge: Lodenek, 2001. 90 pages. Eric Walter Frederick Tomlin. In search of St. Piran: An Account of His Monastic Foundation at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, and Its Place in the