The SupposedMari Lwydof Pembrokeshire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5969883 |
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| Authors | D Roy Saer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-98 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folk Life (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0430-8778 • E-ISSN: 1759-670X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/043087776798240549 |
| OpenAlex | W2019075192 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In discussing the Mari Lwyd in Wales, two contemporary authorities—to whose work in folk-life studies the present writer is deeply indebted—refer to an alleged Pembrokeshire variant of the ritual and its horse-figure. Iorwerth C. Peate, writing in 1943, states thatIn Pembrokeshire, as far as I have been able to ascertain, the [Mad Lwyd] customwas known in the first half of the nineteenth century as ‘Y March’ (‘The Horse’) or indeed ‘Y Gynfas-farch’ (‘The Canvas Horse
Art · Genealogy · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Scottish History and National Identity
| Highly cited | No |
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