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A volume compiled by David Evans ('Dewi Glan Llugwy'), Llanrwst, containing weather lore entitled 'Hen Draddodiadau Dywediadau a Diarebion yr hen Bobl ynghylch y tywydd &c yn yr Oesoedd gynt Wedi eu Casglu ynghyd o lyfrau a hen ysgrifau a chan hen Bobl ...'; extracts from 'Llyfr Meddygon Myddfai'; 'Wyth Ran Dyn a'u hanian'; a collection of old traditions ('Casgliad o Hen Draddodiadau') of interest to Edeyrnion, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Mochdre, Castell Dinas Bran, etc., and tales and traditions entitled 'Siarad o Bulpud', 'Syr Watcyn ar Gwyddelod', 'Llyn Tegid', 'Pont ap Hywel [Pontypool]', and 'Gwrecsam'; rules of multiplication ('Rheol Lluosogiad') taken from a manuscript in the parish of Llanelian, Denbighshire; and 'Hirhoedledd', being an account of the descendants of a long-lived couple in Tregaron, 1874.

A scrap book compiled by ?John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing undated cuttings from Welsh and Welsh American newspapers, among those (identified on internal evidence) being Y Gweithiwr, Y Celt and Y Drych. Titles include 'Y Flwyddyn' (being an account of Welsh customs associated with feast days) partly signed by 'M.M.', 'Nodiadau Henafiaethol' by O[wen] Morgan ('Morien'), Pontypridd, 'Hynafiaeth Llanilltyd Fawr' by [David Watkin Jones] 'Dafydd Morganwg', 'Hynafiaethau Ceredigion' by John Rowlands ('Giraldus'), Cardiff , 'Yr Eisteddfod' by [Lewis Williams Lewis] 'Llew Llwyfo', 'Gwyddoniaeth, Moesoldeb a Chrefydd' by R. C. Roberts, Deerfield, N. Y., 'Llydaw a'r Llydawiaid' (being a report of a lecture delivered [in Liverpool] by E[dward] Thomas ('Cochfarf'), Cardiff), 'Beirniadaethau Eisteddfod Utica, N. Y.' 'Hirhoedledd' by the Reverend J. H. Jones, Rome, N. Y., 'Pa fodd y mae dyn yn byw, symud ac yn bod' ('Gan Feddyg o Pasadena, Calif.'), and 'Hanes y Bedyddwyr ym mhlwyf Gelligaer' by the Reverend R[ichard] Evans, Hengoed. Also included in the volume are the printed articles of incorporation of 'Cymdeithas Gymreigyddol Powys', 1861, and a printed circular appeal by the editor, Beriah Gwynfe Evans, on behalf of Cyfaill yr Aelwyd. Inset are cuttings, extracted from another scrap book, of articles (Llythyrau I-IV) on 'Griffith Williams, Esgob Ossary, a'i amserau' published by J[ohn] J[ones], rector of Llanllyfni, in Yr Herald Cymraeg, 1857.