Marl Lwyd-Láir Brán
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5970168 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iorwerth C Peate (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-96 |
| Publication date | 1963-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1179/043087763798255123 |
| OpenAlex | W1983195599 |
| Language | CY |
| Citations received | 1 |
In Man, XLIII, 1943, I suggested that the Welsh Mari Lwyd. had originally no connexion with ‘Holy Mary’ by which name it had been usual to translate the term into English: further, that Mari Lwyd is simply ‘grey mare’, mari being a medieval borrowal from English ‘mare’.My friend, Professor Séamus Ó Duilearga, Honorary Director of the Irish Folklore Commission, University College, Dublin, draws my attention to associated customs in Ireland and the Isle of Man. The L ́ir Bh ́n, ‘white mare’ (see Plate 1) used, for instance, in the hunting. of the wren on St. Stephen's Day, in the Tralee district of county Kerry is closely similar. It, too, has a movable lower jaw worked by an operator concealed under a sheet
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Folklore · Irish · Linguistics · Welsh · White (mutation · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1976 - 1976 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |