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TIE SABBATH.

THE SABBATH ON THE ROCK, AND…

THE MORALITY OF NATIONS.

MARKETS.

THE "SIN EATER" IN WALES.

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THE "SIN EATER" IN WALES. To the Editor of the Aberystwyth Observer. SIR.—The old saying is very true if you want to hear news you must go from homo." Now we have received a strange piece of news, that we have a Sin Eater in connection with funerals in Wales. Some years ago, I was employed by an eminent antiquary to collect old Welsh legends, traditions and customs. I have made researches in almost every parish in South Wales but I never heard of the Sin Eater." We are told this custom prevailed at Llandebe, in Carmarthenshire.. 10CA T.. I went to reside in that village m 1850; and I lived there for six years. My avocation brought me in contact with all the parishioners I knew them well, and I am well acquainted with the history of the place, its customs and traditions. I attended many funerals, but this Sin Eater never cropped up; and I never saw cakes distributed at funerals. The Welsh people are, it is true, in some localities a little tainted with superstition, as to ghosts &c., but they are not so superstitious as the importations who cross the Severn Sea" to South Wales they are too well acquainted with their Bibles as to believe in such a thing as a Sin Eater." We are told that this was maintained a.t the Cam- brian Society's meeting held at Ludlow in 1852; if such trash as this be accepted by antiquarians as facts, their knowledge of the Principality must be very limited and I pity their ignorance of Welsh history and traditions. I thank the Rev. Daniel S. Evans, of Llany- Mawddwy, for calling attention to this rank libel on Welshmen. I am, sir, yours faithfully, RHEIDIOL.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR THE…

STANLEY AS A WELSHMAN.

ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY COURT.…

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A FRAGMENT.

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THE SABBATH OBSERVANCE.I

THE CHURCH AND HER YOUNG MEN.

ABERDYFI.

CLAIM AGAINST THE CAMBRIAN…

LOCAL LAW CASE. ^ 4—

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ABERYSTWYTH BANKRUPTCY COURT.

- ABERYSTWYTH RURAL SANITARY…

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