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1 to 9 of 9 entries in March

1 March

Folklore from the old calendars

Round the leek-bed on St David’s Eve Lore and belief WalesA Welsh love charm said that anyone who walked three times round the leek-bed in silence at midnight on St David's Eve would see their future husband or wife.
The leek and the field of Poictiers No longer kept South WalesPeter Roberts believed the leek worn on St David's Day recalled the Welsh archers at Poictiers and Cressy, as Fluellen tells it in Henry V, rather than any Druid rite.
Wearing the leek Still kept WalesOn St David's Day the Welsh wear a leek, and Chambers collected several reasons given for it.

2 March

Folklore from the old calendars

The Parys miners’ festival of 2 March No longer kept AngleseyThe copper miners of Parys Mountain kept 2 March as a holiday, the day in 1768 when the great body of ore was struck.

6 March, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Hill of the Fairies at Mold Lore and belief FlintshireNear Mold stood an ancient burial mound that the Welsh country people called Bryn yr Ellyllon, the Hill of the Fairies.

17 March

Folklore from the old calendars

Smugglers’ revels on St Patrick’s Day in Glamorgan No longer kept GlamorganSt Patrick's Day was kept with revels on the Glamorgan coast, where smugglers, wreckers and dealers in contraband held high revelry in the seaboard parishes.

25 March

Folklore from the old calendars

When Easter falls on Lady Day Lore and belief WalesThe Welsh held it a very evil omen for Wales when Easter Day fell on 25 March, Lady Day.

Palm Sunday

Folklore from the old calendars

Flowering Sunday in South Wales Still kept South WalesIn South Wales Palm Sunday was called Flowering Sunday, when people gathered in the churchyards and laid fresh flowers on the graves of their friends and family.
The Mallwyd yew for Palm Sunday No longer kept MerionethshireChurchyard yews once stood in for palms on Palm Sunday: their boughs were blessed that day and some were burnt to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday.

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