A MidnightPlygainat Llanymawddwy Church
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5970445 |
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| Authors | D Roy Saer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-106 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1179/043087783798254582 |
| OpenAlex | W2063173519 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In 1969 the present writer described the Christmas carol-singing tradition in the Tanad Valley in mid-Wales, on the eastern side of the central Welsh uplands and approximately west of Shrewsbury. That article drew upon a variety of research sources — written, printed, and oral — which between them spanned several centuries. One luxury not then available, however, was a detailed eye-witness account of a local carol-service (or Plygain) from before the twentieth century.Such an account has now come to light. Although its provenance is not the Tanad Valley specifically, it refers to a plygain held only some ten miles westwards, at the tiny mountain village of Llanymawddwy in the former county of Merioneth, near the source of the River Dyfi (Dovey
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Midnight · Singing · Variety (cybernetics · Visual arts · Welsh · Witness · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Highly cited | No |
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