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P1773 Mari Lwyd

Code: P1773



Mari Lwyd - wassailing folk custom found in South Wales.

It entails the use of a hobby horse made from a horses skull mounted on a pole and carried by someone under a sack cloth.

Other regional variations are the Hoodening of Kent, the Broad of the Cotswolds, the Old Ball, Old Tup, and Old Horse of Northern England.