Catalogice of Bj-and Material.
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(&) Ceremonies ve Viands.
A piece of pancake buried on
this day brings luck for
twelve months If pancakes are not made
and tossed, it brings ill-luck Spinsters must be able to toss
a pancake before marriage
(c) Begging Customs.
The poor beg for flour and lard to make pancakes
LOCALITY.
South Wales. South Wales. North Wales.
North Wales.
West and Mid- Wales. Formerly common. Pembrokeshire. Flint (Whitford School).
{d) Games and Sports.
Throwing coloured eggs
" Threshing the hen " (which had not begun to lay)
" Throwing at birds " (leaden figures, used as cockshies) -
" Bun loaves " used as cock- shies - - - -
Cockfighting (formerly a favourite sport not con- fined to Shrovetide).
IV. Special Local Celebrations.
Blindman's Buff (called Mwgwdyr Teir, the blinding of the hens). (A masked man having a hen tied to his back ran about the
streets carrying a long rod, with J- Montgomery (Llanidloes) which he chased anyone who touched him. The crowd simi- larly armed, endeavoured to kill the hen with one blow.) Football Contests
Between different parishes - Pembrokeshire (Nar-
berth, Hund. of Cem- maes, Tenby, etc.). Denbighshire (Llanar- mon and Llancadwa- ladr). Carmarthenshire (Laugh- arne).
Between town and country
V. Business transacted.
Dues of hens paid to landlord
Cardiganshire (Nantros).
