Quaint Old Customs - British Goblins CT022

Quaint Old Customs - British Goblins CT022

Author: Gary & Ruth Colcombe October 25, 2017 Duration: 31:54

Quaint Old Customs

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)

Book 3 Chapter 1

by

Wirt Sikes

Quaint Old Customs tells us to rise early on New Year's morning to bring good luck, the Mari Lwyd procession from house to house and the story of the Cutty Wren. Sikes also tells us about St. David, St. Patrick and the wearing of the leek.

  • Serious Significance of seemingly Trivial Customs 2:32
  • Their Origins 2:45
  • Common Superstitions 3:37
  • The Age We Live in 4:10
  • Days and Seasons 6:11
  • New Year's Day 6:32
  • The Apple Gift 6:40
  • Lucky Acts on New Year's morning 8:23
  • The First Foot 9:20
  • Showmen's Superstitions 9:34
  • Levy Dew Song 10:51
  • Happy New Year Carol 11:49
  • Twelfth Night 12:34
  • The Mary Lwyd 12:40
  • The Penglog 14:25
  • The Cutty Wren 15:11
  • Tooling and Sowling 15:52
  • St. Valentine's Day 16:45
  • St. Dewi's Day 17:45
  • The Wearing of the Leek 19:10
  • The Traditional St. David 23:41
  • St. Patrick's Day 27:54
  • St. Patrick a Welshman 28:00
  • Shrove Tuesday 29:44

 

Names Used in this Section

All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronunciations right for you.

Bodleian Library
Levy Dew
Mari Lwyd
Penglog
Sowling
St. Valentine
St. Dewi
St. David
St. Patrick
Luther
Glamorganshire

New Year's Apple Gift

pic. New Year's Apple

Cardiff

Three Rays (Awen)

pic. Three Rays

Avagddu
Pembrokeshire
Jonah
Llef i Dduw

Blwyddyn newydd dda i chwi,
Gwyliau llawen i chwi,
Meistr a meistres bob un trwy'r ty,
Gwyliau llawen i chwi,
Codwch yn foreu, a rheswch y tan,
A cherddwch i'r ffynon i ymofyn dwr glan.

awen
Aberconwy (Conway)
Carnarvonshire
Gwent
Morganwg
Rhymney Dingle

The Cutty Wren Song

pic: Cutty Wren song

soûl
St. George
St. Andrew
Cardigan
Carmarthen
Lampeter
Manby
Cymhortha
Poictiers
Cressy

Fluellen
Pistol & Fluellen

Glyn Hodnant
Teify
Llandewi Brefi
Abel, Noah, Thomas, Peter, Paul & David
William the Conqueror
Llandeilo Talybont
Llantwit Major
Rosina
Iolo MSS
Crammwythau (pancakes)

 

 

British Goblins can be found on Archive.org

You can find out more about Wirt Sikes on Wikipedia.

Try the Celtic Myth Podshow for the Tales and Stories of the Ancient Celts at http://celticmythpodshow.com or on Apple Podcasts.

Our theme music is "Gander at the Pratie Hole" by Sláinte.  You can find their music on the Free Music Archive.


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