It was customary in former times to place a dog inside a wheel which he turned with his fore-feet, the wheel being connected by a chain with the wheel end of the spit. There was a dog employed in turning the roasting-spit in this manner at Newcastle Emlyn about one hundred years ago. KNAPPAN. This ancient game takes its name from the ball used, which was some hard wood, and well greased for each occasion and just small enough to be grasped in one hand. Running with the ball was the chief method, and the distance between the goals was several miles. George Owen, of Henllys, in Pembrokeshire, gives a full account of Knappan, and how it was played in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and it seems that the ancient game survived the longest in the northern part of that county, and the South of Cardiganshire, and on Corpus Christi Day there was a regular contest between the two districts, when 2,000 came together, and some horsemen as well. The game was regarded as the best training for war. It is thought that the great football contests between Llandyssul and Llanwenog which were popular on Good Fridays about seventy years ago, were the outcome of the ancient game of Knappan. THROWING THE BAR. "Cryfder dan bwysau," or displaying strength in hurling a stone, or throwing a bar, which was one of the ancient Welsh games. Meyrick, in his "History of Cardiganshire," writing one hundred years ago, says that casting of the bar was still continued in his time, particularly in Cardiganshire, "where the people have a meeting once a year at certain Chapels, Yspytty Ystwith, Yspytty Cenvyn, etc., for this purpose. They remain in the Chapel all night to try their activity in wrestling, all the benches being removed, and the spectators, different from ancient regulations, are generally young women, and old champions, who are to see fair play." SCHOOL CUSTOMS. In South Wales, especially Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, about seventy or eighty years ago, most curious customs were in vogue, which were intended to assist the Welsh children to learn English. In many Schools in those days, English was taught in rhymes, such as follows:-- "Hearth is aelwyd, fire is tân, Cloth is brethyn, wool is gwlan, Ash is onen, oak is derwen, Holly tree is pren cerdynen, House is ty, and mill is melin, Fiddle is crwyth, and harp is telyn, River is afon, brook is nant, Twenty is ugnin, hundred is cant." THE WELSH "NOTE," OR "NOT".