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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#5 - WALES
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
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Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| WALES. |
| THE
Welsh people, though inhabiting
part of Great Britain live a
peculiarly distinctive life. One
might almost suppose they are not
of the same general race with any
other inhabitants of the British
Isles. This is partly due to the
conformation of Wales. It is a
land of mountains with the most
delightful of uplands and most
lovely of valleys. Sheltered from
great foreign encroachment by
their mountain fastnesses, the
Welshman has been able to
preserve through centuries a
singular simplicity of character.
This character is a pious one,
and all even to the peasantry are
intelligent and bright. In their
sports, however, they are
sometimes exceedingly crude. |
| Christmas
is profoundly observed throughout
Wales. Universal charity towards
the poor is exercised, and they
are amply provided for during the
holidays. One of the great
features of Christmastide, is the
Carol Singers. These consist
mainly of children, and largess
is liberally bestowed upon them.
The air of Wales is always
musical at these times. |
| Going
to market is in Wales an occasion
for jollification, for in the
market-towns are celebrated at
frequent intervals the
Pleasure-fairs which form so
large a part of the social life
of this people. Phyllis mounts on
a pillion behind her swain and
away they go. |
| Fishing
is another general sport of this
people. The more accomplished
fishermen, carry their own light
little boats and lines to the
streams in which they whip or
troll for their game. |
| The
Eistedfodd has been called the
Welsh Olympian game of intellect
and indeed it is a noble
institution. All the bright youth
of the neighborhood where one of
these is held, are fired by an
ambition to participate. They
contest in writing essays, in
recitations, in music and even in
writing original verse. The
occasion is made glorious and the
victors are the happiest of
mortals. |
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