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Mari Lwyd Research
Jan. 3rd, 2016 10:03 amhttp://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/22/22nd-december-mari-lwyd/
the lower jaw is spring-loaded, so that the Mari’s operator can snap it at passersby.
http://artinwales.250x.com/MariLwyd.htm
The tradition involves the arrival of the horse and its party at the door of the house or a pub, where they sing several introductory verses. Then there ensues a battle of wits (known as the pwnco) in which the people inside the door and the Mari party outside exchange challenges and insults in rhyme. At the end of the discourse, which can be as long as the creativity of the two parties lasts out, the Mari Lwyd enters with another song.
http://www.mysterybirdpuppets.com/puppets/mari/mari.htm
"My hooves are as tombstones, banging at your door."- Traditional Greeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_OXXt9PeE
Beautiful song, though I've never seen the origin described as such and so I think that bit's nonsense for a number of reasons. Likely someone just looked around for a possible origin and, not finding an obvious one and being antagonistic toward Christianity, made up a connection.
http://blog.prehistoricshamanism.com/119/the-mari-lwyd-in-wales/
Wel dyma ni’n dwad
Gyfeillion diniwad
I ofyn am gennod i ganu
Os na chawn ni gennad
Rhowch wybod ar ganiad
Pa fodd mae’r ‘madawiad, nos heno
Does genni ddim cinio
Nac arian iw gwario
I wneud i chwi roeso, nos heno
http://www.omniglot.com/songs/bcc/marilwyd.php
Link to a group singing the opening stanzas nice and clear!
Also a couple videos that I haven't watched yet, WATCH THEM
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/articles/2014-06-14/Christmas-customs-The-Mari-Lwyd/
This usually amounted to heavy leg-pulling in which the contestants mocked each other's singing, drunkenness, etc.
http://www.folkwales.org.uk/arctd9a.html
Leaving song! (Wassail)
http://www.trac-cymru.org/en/traditions/tunes-songs-to-learn/y-washael
BOTH songs, coming and going: https://iona.bandcamp.com/track/can-y-fair-lwyd
So far I think the rough outline is: There's a knock on the door to the Great Hall. Selwyns march into the Great Hall singing, with the Mari. Is Cerys already there or is she in the group? Either way Huw would be leading the Mari and trying to keep her under control as she passes by people, snapping at them. (Taryn is absolutely inside the Mari.) As the procession reaches a place at the front where everyone can see it, they stop and begin the pwnco. (Calli's writing them, in English so everyone can understand it.) After a few verses of back and forth they "let the Mari in" and...
is that when she runs wild or does she just sing? sings and then runs wild after getting a little too excited! does the mari sing or just everyone else? EYES ARE ABSOLUTELY GLOWING GREEN
In any case there's got to be some running wild and then they get her back in order for the leaving song. At that point I don't know if they'd bow or just march back out, singing. Probably the latter.
the lower jaw is spring-loaded, so that the Mari’s operator can snap it at passersby.
http://artinwales.250x.com/MariLwyd.htm
The tradition involves the arrival of the horse and its party at the door of the house or a pub, where they sing several introductory verses. Then there ensues a battle of wits (known as the pwnco) in which the people inside the door and the Mari party outside exchange challenges and insults in rhyme. At the end of the discourse, which can be as long as the creativity of the two parties lasts out, the Mari Lwyd enters with another song.
http://www.mysterybirdpuppets.com/puppets/mari/mari.htm
"My hooves are as tombstones, banging at your door."- Traditional Greeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_OXXt9PeE
Beautiful song, though I've never seen the origin described as such and so I think that bit's nonsense for a number of reasons. Likely someone just looked around for a possible origin and, not finding an obvious one and being antagonistic toward Christianity, made up a connection.
http://blog.prehistoricshamanism.com/119/the-mari-lwyd-in-wales/
Wel dyma ni’n dwad
Gyfeillion diniwad
I ofyn am gennod i ganu
Os na chawn ni gennad
Rhowch wybod ar ganiad
Pa fodd mae’r ‘madawiad, nos heno
Does genni ddim cinio
Nac arian iw gwario
I wneud i chwi roeso, nos heno
http://www.omniglot.com/songs/bcc/marilwyd.php
Link to a group singing the opening stanzas nice and clear!
Also a couple videos that I haven't watched yet, WATCH THEM
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/articles/2014-06-14/Christmas-customs-The-Mari-Lwyd/
This usually amounted to heavy leg-pulling in which the contestants mocked each other's singing, drunkenness, etc.
http://www.folkwales.org.uk/arctd9a.html
Leaving song! (Wassail)
http://www.trac-cymru.org/en/traditions/tunes-songs-to-learn/y-washael
BOTH songs, coming and going: https://iona.bandcamp.com/track/can-y-fair-lwyd
So far I think the rough outline is: There's a knock on the door to the Great Hall. Selwyns march into the Great Hall singing, with the Mari. Is Cerys already there or is she in the group? Either way Huw would be leading the Mari and trying to keep her under control as she passes by people, snapping at them. (Taryn is absolutely inside the Mari.) As the procession reaches a place at the front where everyone can see it, they stop and begin the pwnco. (Calli's writing them, in English so everyone can understand it.) After a few verses of back and forth they "let the Mari in" and...
is that when she runs wild or does she just sing? sings and then runs wild after getting a little too excited! does the mari sing or just everyone else? EYES ARE ABSOLUTELY GLOWING GREEN
In any case there's got to be some running wild and then they get her back in order for the leaving song. At that point I don't know if they'd bow or just march back out, singing. Probably the latter.
