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New Year’s Folklore of Wales: A Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast end-of-year special
New Year's Folklore of Wales podcast: From the Mari Lwyd to Calennig, Mark Rees explores Welsh New Year's Eve and Day customs.
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Curious Christmas Folklore of Wales: A Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast Christmas special
It's Christmas Eve - the perfect time to pull up a chair next to the log fire, pour yourself a glass of mulled wine and listen to some old folklore of Wales.
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The Magical Welsh Christmas Tree: A Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast Christmas special
The Mari Lwyd is arguably the most well-known character in Welsh folklore. But why do people carry a horse's skull door-to-door late at night, and challenge their neighbours to a battle in verse?
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Mari Lwyd, the Welsh Christmas “Ghost Horse” podcast: Secret history and folklore of the “bone horse” of Wales
The Mari Lwyd is arguably the most well-known character in Welsh folklore. But why do people carry a horse's skull door-to-door late at night, and challenge their neighbours to a battle in verse?
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NEW BOOK: The A-Z of Curious Wales is available for pre-order
My next book The A-Z Of Curious Wales is available to pre-order… now! You can also have a sneak peek at a low-quality proof the cover (below), which might change before publication (UPDATE: Yes, it did change before publication!): Here’s the publisher’s blurb: The A-Z of Curious Wales by Mark Rees “Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics. Why would revellers carry a terrifying horse’s skull on a pole door-to-door at Christmastime? Why is the cursed wall of Port Talbot protected by a global corporation for fear it might destroy the town? How did a Swansea genius help to defeat Hitler by inventing a futuristic radar gun? From the origins…
