The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd, IPA: [ə ˈvaːri ˈlʊid]) is a wassailing folk custom found in South Wales. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sackcloth.
The custom was first recorded in 1800, with subsequent accounts of it bei...