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Folklore -- Wales
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'Branwen'

An exercise book containing the original manuscript, 1932-1934, of the narrative poem, 'Branwen'; together with related drafts, 1931, including the 'Prologue to "The Death of Branwen"'; and the programme of a concert of verse, 27 July 1937, held at the Oxford Festival of Spoken Poetry, in which Wyn Griffith participated. The poem was published by J. M. Dent & Sons, [1934].

Customs, folklore and gypsies

The file comprises cuttings on the subjects of superstitions and beliefs, ghosts, legend of Twm Sion Cati, customs linked with funerals, courtship, celebrations, hospitality, Christmas, plants, cures and healing, and the character and way of life of the Welsh gypsies.

Deunydd amrywiol

Transcripts of ballads, 'hwiangerddi' and other poems; Latin names of birds found in Wales, with their English and Welsh equivalents; medical recipes; proverbs; local lore; etc.

Nodiadau ar lên gwerin

Notes by J. C. Davies on Welsh folklore, extracts and drafts, including a draft introduction to his Folk-lore of West and Mid-Wales (Aberystwyth, 1911), and notes on the Sanatoria movement.

Press cuttings

A collection of press cuttings relating to Welsh folklore, local history and antiquities compiled by J. C. Davies, with a poster of his lecture 'Un mlynedd ar bymtheg yn Ngwlad y Cewri', at Llanafan, 31 January 1893.

The legend of Pont ar Fynach,

An essay entitled 'The Legend of Pont ar Vynach : Folklore collected chiefly in the Counties of Cardigan, Pembroke and Glamorgan' by John Griffith ('Pentrefwr'), and some proverbs and colloquial expressions collected in southern Pembrokeshire by T. C. Evans ('Cadrawd').

John Griffith and T. C. Evans.

Pynciau ymchwil

Papurau, 1909-1981, nodiadau ymchwil a gohebiaeth yn bennaf, yn ymdrin â phynciau penodol ac a gasglwyd ynghyd gan Iorwerth Peate. Maent yn cynnwys ymchwil ar gyfer, ac ymatebion i, erthyglau a darllediadau radio ganddo.