Calennig was a form of ‘trick and treat’ that happened at New Year.

This tradition is centuries old and happened all over Wales.

From dawn until noon on New Year’s Day, groups of boys went from door to door.

They carried three legged totems, chanted rhymes and splashed people with water. The totems were hopes of a good crop in the coming year.

They asked for calennig (gifts of small change) before moving on.

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The tradition of Plygain happened very early on Christmas Day morning.

Men would gather in rural churches to sing.

The songs were sung in three or four part harmonies and without music.

The service would sometimes go on for three or more hours.

The tradition still goes on in parts of mid Wales.

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This is a tradition that went hand-in-hand with Mari Lwyd and other Christmas get-togethers.

In the early 20th Century, people in Wales drank from a wassail bowl as part of their Christmas celebrations.

These bowls were often elaborate, ornate and many-handled.

The bowl was filled with fruit, sugar, spices and topped up with warm beer.

As it was passed around, the drinkers would make a wish for a successful year's farming and a bumper crop at harvest time.

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On Twelfth Night in Wales, groups of men would go out Hunting the Wren.

The tiny bird was caged in a wooden box and carried from door to door.

Householders would pay a small amount of money to look at the wren in the box.

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