The Tourist's Guide through the Country of Caernarvon: containing a short sketch of its History, Antiquities, &c. — John Shaqi
The Tourist's Guide through the Country of Caernarvon: containing a short sketch of its History, Antiquities, &c.Williams, P. B. (Peter Bailey)
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The Tourist's Guide through the Country of Caernarvon: containing a short sketch of its History, Antiquities, &c.
Williams, P. B. (Peter Bailey)
Caernarvonshire (Wales) -- Description and travel
to enumerate the twenty-four Welsh or British Games, of which there were
ten _Gwrolgampau_, or manly games, viz. 1. To lift up great weights; 2.
Running; 3. Leaping; 4. Swimming; 5. Wrestling; 6. Riding. These six
were stiled _Tadogion_, viz. pertaining to fathers, or grown up persons,
and required only bodily strength and activity; this last, _Marchogaeth_,
is supposed to have included Charioteering, or the skilful driving and
management of different kinds of carriages. The other four were, 1.
Archery; 2. Playing with the Sword and Buckler; 3. Playing with the
Cleddau deuddwrn, or two-handed Sword; 4. Chwarau ffonn ddwybig, or
playing with the two-end Staff or Spear. Next to these were the ten
_Mabolgampau_, or those more peculiarly adapted to young men, viz. 1.
Coursing; 2. Fishing; 3. Fowling; the remaining seven were of the
domestic kind: 1. Barddoniaeth, or Poetical Composition; 2. Chwareu’r
Delyn, or paying upon the Harp; 3. Reading Welsh; 4. Singing with the
Harp; 5. Singing between three or four, most probably in alternate
Stanzas, or Pennillion; 6. Drawing or Painting, particularly Coats of
Arms; 7. Heraldry. After these were four _Gogampiau_, or Minor Games,
viz. 1. Chwarau Gwydd-bwyll, a game similar to that of Draughts; 2.
Chwarau Tawl-Bwrdd, probably Back-gammon, as this word is supposed to be
derived from the Welsh Language, viz. Bach, little, and _Cammawn_, or
Gammon, Battle, and Tewl-Bwrdd, means the toss on the table; 3. Chwarau
Ffristeal, or the Game of the Dice Box, in what manner it was played is
not known at present; 4. Cyweiriaw Telyn, or the Tuning of the Harp.
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