Editing Palm Sunday (section)

===Wales===
{{Main|Flowering Sunday}}
[[File:Flowering Sunday grave decorations in South Wales circa 1907 (first postcard).jpg|thumb|upright=1|These Flowering Sunday grave decorations were photographed in South Wales {{Circa|1907}}]]

In southern [[Wales]] and nearby portions of England, 'Sul y Blodau' or 'Flowering Sunday' is a grave decoration tradition commonly observed on Palm Sunday, although historically Flowering Sunday grave decoration was also observed on other days as well. Today, the names Palm Sunday and Flowering Sunday are used interchangeably in those regions. In 1829, Thomas Wallace of [[Llanbadoc]], [[Monmouthshire]] published a poem which contains the first known reference to the custom being practiced only on Palm Sunday.

Welsh cemetery cleaning and decoration traditions may have begun as an Easter celebration before becoming more commonly associated with Palm Sunday. As early as 1786, cleaning and flower decorations were attested by William Matthews during a tour of South Wales.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matthews |first1=William |title=The miscellaneous companions, Vol. I Being a short tour of observation and sentiment, through a part of South Wales |date=1786 |pages=50–51}}</ref> Richard Warner attested in 1797 "the ornamenting of the graves of the deceased with various plants and flowers, at certain seasons, by the surviving relatives" and noted that Easter was the most popular time for this tradition. By 1803, Malkin's observations in "The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography of South Wales from materials collected during two excursions in the year 1803" reflect the shift away predominantly associating the custom with Easter.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Malkin |title=The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography of South Wales from materials collected during two excursions in the year 1803. Embellished with views drawn on the spot and engraved by Laporte and a map of the county |date=1904 |pages=67–69}}</ref>