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‘Ossing About

Posted on 26 December 202225 February 2023Author Mandua BrigaPosted in Mari Lwyd, Richmond Old 'Oss, Winter SolsticeLeave a Reply

On Christmas Eve we went over to Richmond to see T’Owd ‘Oss do his stuff around the town. T’Owd ‘Oss – or ‘The Old Horse’ to southerners – is a real horse’s skull on a pole, which is carried around the centre of the town every Christmas Eve. All decked out in greenery and poinsettias,…

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Samhain

Posted on 21 November 202225 February 2023Author Mandua BrigaPosted in Mari Lwyd, Poetry, SamhainLeave a Reply

So – finally! – we were able to get together to mark Samhain on Sunday, very late due to Jenny travelling to Anglesey to join the Anglesey Druid Order‘s Calan Gaeaf celebrations and the waking of their Mari, Mari Môn, plus other things happening such as a very full-on Ofsted inspection for us the week…

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Samhain with the Anglesey Druid Order

Posted on 31 October 202225 February 2023Author Mandua BrigaPosted in Mari Lwyd, SamhainLeave a Reply

Keith and I went on a sort of pilgrimage this Samhain to the island of Anglesey, which has always been an important site for British Druidry. Not only was it the site of the famous Roman slaughter of the Druids (suggesting that it was a stronghold of theirs in the first place) but it was…

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