 Image taken from the Chepstow Mari-Lwyd. The Mari is being lead around Chepstow by The Widders Image by Mickwidder, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Mary PeateMari Lwyd Mari Lwyd South Wales Christmas folk custom The Mari Lwyd (/meri lʊid/; Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd,[1] [ə ˈvaːri ˈlʊi̯d] ⓘ) is a wassailing folk custom in South Wales. 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. The Mari Lwyd The custom was first recorded in 1800, with subsequent accounts of it being produced into the early twentieth century. According to these, the Mari Lwyd was a tradition performed at Christmas time by groups of men who would accompany the horse on its travels around the local area, and although the makeup of such groups varied, they… (Source: Wikipedia)
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