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Welsh Folk Museum Answer Book, 1958 containing detailed notes in English by the Rev. William Phillips, Bangor. The Answer Book includes written notes on the subjects of children's games, sayings, the gwylnos tradition and the tradition of rubbing stones as practices in the Rhosllannerchrugog area of Debighshire between 1885-1900. Answer Books were sent out by the Welsh Folk Museum in 1958 to individuals across Wales as a way of collecting and documenting information on aspects of folk culture in their areas, including agriculture, crafts, food, customs and dialects. The responses were hand-written in the books. The Answer Books had a similar purpose to the earlier questionnaires sent out in 1937.