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outside, then there's a knock at the door. Through the rain-sliced window you see a dark figure standing on the front landing.

There's another knock at the door.

And then a persistent banging.

The figure will not be satisfied until you open that door.

It is New Year's Eve and will not be satisfied until you open that door.

It is New Year's Eve and depending upon where you live in the world,

this figure, when it finally steps into the light of a flash of lightning,

will reveal itself to be one of two hideous looking creatures. In Wales, the monsters standing on the stoop is Marilude. This is the gray mare. She appears as the skull of a mare, sheathed in white cloth, and decorated with the accrutments of flowers and ribbons. She is here to challenge you to a was saline contest and she is not

alone. She is accompanied by mummers and your terror drifts away as you realize that this is

Halloween on New Year's Eve.

This is a tradition that goes back hundreds of years and has been passed down as an oral tradition.

Marilud or Ififari Lud actually translates to the gray Mary, but more likely comes from the

stem mare rather than mary.

And mare is also a part of the word nightmare and here you have a

gray nightmare. Mumbers are Marymakers dressed in masks and costumes and

was sailing as singing and the verses that are sung are created a new every year.

Now we know what they mean by here we go with sailing, right?

Oh, because this is an annual tradition, householders are able to prepare in advance the response to the verses

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