In the past, the procession with Marie Lloyd went around the village, stopped in front of every house and started singing to beg a drink and snack. From behind closed doors actors singing the same meet residents at home. Started altercation (pwnco) - Both groups of participants ceremony, exchanged laid on rhyme comic insults, which are often born in improvisation. Having exhausted the supply of rhymed losing battle group. The inhabitants of the house let in the house of the participants of the procession with Marie Lloyd and treated them with spices heated beer and pies, and also gave money.
tradition began to fade in 1930, and possibly continuously lasted only two pubs, "the old village» Llangynwyd near Maesteg (Now the "old village" in addition to pubs only includes the church, a cemetery and some relatively new homes and is located a mile west of the present Llangynwyd).
In the past the procession carried Mari Lwyd through the streets of a village by a party that stopped in front of every house to beg for food and drink using singing. This turned into a rhyme contest (pwnco) between the Mari party and the inhabitants of the house, that challenge each other with insults until a winner was declared (namely by the other side stalling). The people inside would then open their doors and give the men spiced warm beer and cake, and a monetary contribution.
The custom started to die out in the 1930s. It is likely that it continued uninterrupted only in the pubs of the Llangynwyd Old Village near Maesteg (at present the Old village consists of a church, cemetery, two pubs and several relatively new houses; and is in a mile drive to the west from the modern day Llagynwyd).
In the past the procession carried Mari Lwyd through the streets of a village by a party that stopped in front of every house to beg for food and drink using singing. This turned into a rhyme contest (pwnco) between the Mari party and the inhabitants of the house, that challenge each other with insults until a winner was declared (namely by the other side stalling). The people inside would then open their doors and give the men spiced warm beer and cake, and a monetary contribution.
The custom started to die out in the 1930s. It is likely that it continued uninterrupted only in the pubs of the Llangynwyd Old Village near Maesteg (at present the Old village consists of a church, cemetery, two pubs and several relatively new houses; and is in a mile drive to the west from the modern day Llagynwyd).
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