The Mari Lwyd Grey Mare or "Gray Mary" , uses a horse's head as part of a Welsh midwinter tradition.

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Mari lwyd is a form of visiting wassail, a luck-bringing ritual in which the participants accompany a person disguised as a horse from house to house (including pubs) and sing at each door in the hope of gaining admittance and being rewarded with food and drink. This re-enactment was staged by the artist Dave Pitt at Caswell Bay, Gower, Swansea

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