Nov 1, 2017
Sundry Lenten
Customs
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy
Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)
Book 3 Chapter
2
by
Wirt
Sikes
All about traditions and customs occurring around Lent in old Wales. Sikes tells us all about Hot Cross Buns and how they are tied up in a bag, the ceremony of 'Lifting' women high into the air that takes place at Easter, and the possible origins of April Fool's Day. He talks about the Maypole and the giving of Birch rods as a token of love, as well as the battle between the Winter and Summer Kings that takes place each Mayday.
- Sundry Lenten Customs
0:57
- Mothering Sunday
1:58
- Palm Sunday
2:09
- Flowering Sunday
2:15
- Walking Barefoot to Church
2:52
- Spiritual Potency of Buns
3:18
- Good Friday Superstitions
4:20
- Making Christ's Bed
4:26
- Bad Odour of Friday
5:00
- Unlucky Days
5:20
- Holy Thursday
6:00
- The Eagle of Snowdon
6:18
- New Clothing at Easter
6:57
- Lifting
7:33
- The Crown of Porcelain
8:10
- Stocsio
9:05
- Ball-Playing in Churchyards
11:00
- The Tump of Lies
12:35
- Dancing in Churchyards
13:13
- Seeing the Sun Dance
14:10
- Calan Ebrill, or All Fools' Day
14:56
- May Day
15:42
- The Welsh Maypole
16:33
- The Daughter of Lludd llaw
Ereint 17:31
- Carrying the Kings of Summer and
Winter 18:45
Names Used in this Section
All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronunciations right for you.
Snowdon
Stocsio
Calan Ebrill
Lludd llaw Ereint
Monmouthshire
Cardiff
Pembrokeshire
Tenby
Brahmins of India
Giraldus
Thor
Hampshire
Bragawd
pic. Lifting
Rhag i'r feinwen losgi ei thalcen ('Lest the maiden burn her
forehead')
Aberconwy
Pen Twthil
Dr. Fosbrooke
St. Dogmell's Parish
'Cnwc y Celwydd' videlicet
Aberedwy
Malkin
St. Almedha, Breconshire
Ffwl Ebrill
Saturnalia
Bedwen
Bedw
Collen
Mabinogi
Kilhwch & Olwen
Gwyn ap Nudd
Gwythyr
Greidawl
Arthur
Defynog
Yo ho!
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