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the ecclesiastical structures of Cardiganshire are small in size and mean in appearance, and many of them were entirely rebuilt during the latter half of the 19th century. The little church of Eglwys Newydd, near the Devil's Bridge, contains one of Sir Francis Chantrey's masterpieces, a white marble group in memory of Mariamne Johnes (1818), the daughter of Thomas Johnes, of Hafod (1748-1816), the translator of Froissart. _Customs, etc._--The old Welsh costume, customs and superstitions are fast disappearing, although they linger in remote districts such as the neighbourhood of Llangeitho. The steeple-crowned beaver hat has practically vanished, although it was in general use within living memory; but the short petticoat and overskirt (_pais-a-gwn-bach_), the frilled mob-cap, little check shawl and buckled shoes are still worn by many of the older women. Of peculiarly Welsh customs, the bidding (_gwahoddiad_) is not quite extinct in the county. The bidding was a formal invitation sent by a betrothed pair through a bidder (_gwahoddwr_) to request the presence and gifts of all their neighbours at the forthcoming marriage. All presents sent were duly registered in a book with a view to repayment, when a similar occasion should arise in the case of the donors. When printing became cheap and common, the services of the professional bidder were often dispensed with, and instead printed leaflets were circulated. The curious horse wedding (_priodas ceffylau_) at which the man and his friends pursued the future bride to the church porch on horseback, and then returned home at full gallop, became obsolete before the end of the 19th century. Of the practices connected with death, the wake, or watching of the corpse, alone remains; but the habit of attending funerals, even those of strangers, is still popular with both sexes, so that a funeral procession in Cardiganshire is often a very imposing sight. Nearly all the old superstitions, once so prevalent, concerning the fairies (_tylwyth teg_) and fairy rings, goblins (_bwbachod_), and the teulu, or phantom funeral, are rapidly dying out; but in the corpse candle (_canwll corph_), a mysterious light which acts as a death-portent and is traditionally connected with St David, are still found many believers. AUTHORITIES.--Sir S.R. Meyrick, _History and Antiquities of Cardiganshire_ (London, 1806); Rev. G. Eyre Evans, _Cardiganshire and its Antiquities_ (Aberystwyth, 1903); E
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