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Mysterious and menacing it is. In this dark, cold time of year, a pale horse, the Mari Lwyd, appears.  Since childhood, the Mari Lwyd, like other ghostly horse or hooded animal traditions and folklore, has always fascinated me. The Mari Lwyd is a wassailing Welsh folk custom celebrated from December 25th to January 6th (fromContinue reading “The Mari Lwyd”