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Mari Lwyd: The Skeleton Horse's Deep Past with Christmas
Season 5
Episode 15
The coastal villages of Wales around the winter holidays have a unique nighttime visitor. A grim skeletal equine monster roams the streets with a rag tag group and demands entry to the homes of the citizenry, demanding food and drink. But is this really a monster to be feared, or one that is rather cheered?
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