Show assemblies Arem lilie of bards bard the word from the welsh el to sit Is a name applied generally in welsh to any meeting or concourse of 0 people but more particularly to the assemblies who anciently formed an hereditary ord order er these meetings were wera forbidden by edward 1 I nt at the conquest of wales but bat they were renewed by henry VIT VII who was of welsh origin they were revived during the last century rud and eisteddfods are held periodically at various welsh towns in succession at which prizes are awarded for proficiency fici ency in the welsh tongue and for poems in that language and playing on the harp |