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Dwynwen, Patron Saint of Lovers

The story of "the Welsh Valentine".

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'Plygain' Singing - A Christmas Custom

In many parts of Wales, Christmas meant rising early (or staying up overnight) to attend the plygain service at the parish church.

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  • 'Plygain' Singing - A Christmas Custom

  • 'Plygain' Singing - A Christmas Custom

  • Date added 23/08/2011
  • In many parts of Wales, Christmas meant rising early (or staying up overnight) to attend the plygain service at the parish church.
  • Happy New Year!

  • Happy New Year!

  • Date added 23/08/2011
  • A look at some of the most unusual ways in which the new year is celebrated in Wales.
  • Hooks and wheels and rag dolls

  • Hooks and wheels and rag dolls

  • Date added 22/08/2011
  • Before the days of factories, toys were unsophisticated, home-made objects, constructed from whatever was locally available.
  • Keeping evil at bay: Concealed garments

  • Keeping evil at bay: Concealed garments

  • Date added 23/08/2011
  • Renovating an old house? Who knows what you'll find beneath the floorboards or behind the walls. You might discover a deliberately concealed garment...
  • Old Calan, Gwaun Valley

  • Old Calan, Gwaun Valley

  • Date added 23/08/2011
  • Old Calan (Old New Year) celebrations in the Gwaun Valley area of Pembrokeshire

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