Some old traditions of the festive season from Wales: 1. The Plygain: start Christmas morning at a candlelit carol service before the sunrises. Traditionally sung unaccompanied and in close harmony. 2. Hunting the wren: A wren (dead) is carried from house to house by a troop of men, dancing & singing on Boxing Day (the feast of St Steven). They have a drink at every house. 3. Holming: in its earliest form, quite brutal. On Boxing Day morning the last maiden in the house to rise is beaten with ho
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2.5K views · 84 reactions |  Our seasonal episode - out tomorrow - takes us to the village of Mallwyd in mid Wales to join the ancient tradition of the plygain carols. Here’s Matthew to explain more. gbwls For our Welsh listeners: Mae ein pennod nadoligaidd yn dod allan fory. 'Da ni'n ymweld â phentef Mallwyd yng nghanolbarth Cymru i fwynhau traddodiad y canu plygain. Dyma Matthew i esbonio mwy. | Folk on Foot | Facebook
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