CHRISTMAS IN WALES: A THREAD 🎄🏴
"One of the most curious customs which was once in vogue about Christmastime was the procession known as Mari Lwyd, a man wearing the skeleton of a horse’s head decked with ribbons and rosettes."
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"One of the most curious customs which was once in vogue about Christmastime was the procession known as Mari Lwyd, a man wearing the skeleton of a horse’s head decked with ribbons and rosettes."
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#FolkloreThursday #Wales #Christmas
I'll be updating this thread with lots of Welsh folklore as we count down to Christmas, sources to follow. The Mari Lwyd photo above gets used a lot this time of year, it was originally taken for one of my stories in South Wales Evening Post many moons ago. Nadolig llawen!
Christmas in Wales:
The Mari Lwyd (the man wearing the skeleton of a horse’s head) "was enveloped in a large white sheet and proceeded round the houses, followed by a merry procession, singing songs, playing merry pranks & collecting Christmas boxes."
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#FolkloreThursday #Wales
The Mari Lwyd (the man wearing the skeleton of a horse’s head) "was enveloped in a large white sheet and proceeded round the houses, followed by a merry procession, singing songs, playing merry pranks & collecting Christmas boxes."
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#FolkloreThursday #Wales
When the Mari Lwyd reached a house an appeal was made for permission to sing. Then "the company began recounting in song the hard fate of mankind in the dark cold days of winter. The lead singer would beg those inside to be generous with their cakes and beer"
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Christmas in Wales:
When the Mari Lwyd asked for entry, cake and ale, "It was customary for the householder to lament and plead that, alas! times had been bad with him, and he had little to spare. Then began a kind of conflict in verse, sung or recited, or both."
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When the Mari Lwyd asked for entry, cake and ale, "It was customary for the householder to lament and plead that, alas! times had been bad with him, and he had little to spare. Then began a kind of conflict in verse, sung or recited, or both."
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