Dydd Mawrth Ynyd-Shrove Tuesday-Welsh Traditions
Some Welsh traditions at Shrove Tuesday.
* It was a custom in country districts to 'thrash the hen'. The hen would be buried in a hole in the ground with only its head sticking out.
Blindfolded youths would then try to hit the hen with a stick and if they succeeded, they would keep it for a family meal the following day.
Poor chickens 🧐
* In Kidwelly on the eve of Shrove Tuesday, tin cans were kicked up and down the streets to commemorate the putting away of all the working utensils and pots and pans that would not be used during Lent.
* In a few areas, the Christmas decorations were not taken down until Shrove Tuesday, when they were removed and burned during the pancake feast.
* There is a suggestion that the English crumpet may have developed from the Welsh word, crempog.
* It was a custom in country districts to 'thrash the hen'. The hen would be buried in a hole in the ground with only its head sticking out.
Blindfolded youths would then try to hit the hen with a stick and if they succeeded, they would keep it for a family meal the following day.
Poor chickens 🧐
* In Kidwelly on the eve of Shrove Tuesday, tin cans were kicked up and down the streets to commemorate the putting away of all the working utensils and pots and pans that would not be used during Lent.
* In a few areas, the Christmas decorations were not taken down until Shrove Tuesday, when they were removed and burned during the pancake feast.
* There is a suggestion that the English crumpet may have developed from the Welsh word, crempog.
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