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The Mari Lwyd. The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd, [1] [ə ˈvaːri ˈlʊi̯d] ⓘ) is a wassailing folk custom founded in South Wales and elsewhere. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sheet.
An apple sapling, hung with toast, placed in a handcart and pushed around the streets during the Chepstow Mari Lwyd, 2014. The purpose of wassailing is to awake the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit in autumn. [18]
That would be Mari Lwyd (Grey Mare or Grey Mary), made of a real horse’s skull draped in white cloth and adorned with baubles and streamers, which would be paraded around villages, according to ...
The Mari Lwyd ("Grey Mare") is a horse-figure that is carried from door to door by wassail-singing groups during Hen Galan (Old New Year) celebrations in some communities in Wales. [6] [7] [8] 25 January Dydd Santes Dwynwen (St Dwynwen's Day) Informal Welsh day of love, equivalent to St. Valentine's Day. [9] 1 March Saint David's Day: Observed
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The Ballad of the Mari Lwyd and other poems (1941, Faber & Faber) The Lamp and the Veil (1945, Faber & Faber) [21] The Lady with the Unicorn (1948, Faber & Faber) The Death Bell (1954, Faber & Faber) The North Sea (1955, New Directions) - verse translation by Watkins from Heinrich Heine; Cypress and Acacia (1959, New Directions) Affinities ...
Megan Davidhizar received two rubber ducks from her students during her first year teaching high school freshmen 16 years ago. She displayed them on her desk and other students saw the ducks and ...