Mari Lwyd and other Hooded Horses
Make a cardboard Mari Lwyd and learn about the tradition If ye the ‘oodened ‘orse do feed, the rest of the year, ye shall not need. Whether you call her the Mari Lwyd, ‘oodening horse or the ‘oby ‘orse, she lurks at the edges of our wintery imagination. She is a horse skull that is paraded from home to home during Yule chasing out ill luck and giving children a fun fright. Drinks and food are given to her attendants to ensure good luck and fertility of the land for the coming

