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Mari Lwyd Spirit Badge

Mari Lwyd Spirit Badge

Around Christmas and the New Year in South Wales, the Mari Lwyd travels with music, dancing, and a sung battle at the door. The household invents reasons to keep the gray mare outside until the excuses run out, after which food and drink follow. Monster Rangers have also met a darker horse ghost called the Bride, who would rather carry fools into the forest.

Ranger Fact: A singing horse skull at the door may deserve hospitality. A ghost horse asking you to climb onto its back deserves a firm no.

Point Value: Worth 10 Glory Points toward your Monster Rangers badge collection.

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HOW TO EARN THIS BADGE

Choose one:

  • Learn about the South Welsh Mari Lwyd custom and perform a short friendly call-and-response verse with another Ranger.
  • Make a small Mari Lwyd-inspired horse-head decoration using paper, cardboard, ribbon, or fabric.
  • Host a doorstep-style rhyme challenge where one side asks to enter and the other invents three increasingly ridiculous excuses.

Jr. Monster Rangers

Choose one:

  • With a grown-up, learn what the Mari Lwyd tradition is and where it comes from.
  • Create a paper gray mare head with ribbons or streamers.
  • Have a silly rhyme battle with a grown-up where one person asks to come in and the other gives funny reasons to wait.

Secret Power (for the Monster Rangers RPG)

“Song at the Door” — Once per session, turn a tense request for entry, permission, or passage into a brief verbal contest. If you perform well, the other side becomes a little more willing to negotiate.