Mae'r fuddai siglo, y ceir darlun ohoni yn y Guide to the Collection of Welsh Bygones, gan Iorwerth C. Peate, a gyhoeddwyd gan yr Amgueddfa Genedlaethol yn 1929, yn edrych lawer mwy hynafol na'r un o'r tair uchod.
CWN YN CORDDI
Mae yn y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol yr hyn a elwir Dog Wheel. Wrth edrych arni daeth i'm cof hen arferiad oedd yng Nghymru o gŵn yn corddi. Nid oedd wedi darfod yn hollol yn fy nghof cyntaf i. Yr oedd dau gi yn corddi mewn ffarm a elwir Plas yn Ddôl, heb fod yn fwy na rhyw chwech neu saith milltir o'm hen gartref, ond yn anffodus yr oedd wedi ei rhoi heibio cyn i mi fyned cyn belled o'r bwthyn y'm ganwyd. Ond clywais hanes triciau Cwn Corddi Plas yn Ddôl yn cael ei adrodd gyda'r nos. Y mae gennyf ryw syniad wedi ei gadw yng nghefn fy meddwl, ond y mae'n wahanol iawn i'r Dog Wheel yn y Llyfrgell. Yn gyntaf rhoddaf yr hyn a ddywedir am honno yng Nghatalog Arddangosfa'r Llyfrgell 1930:—
A dog wheel from Pilroth, Llanstephan, the home of the late Mr. J. W. Harris. It was fixed in the hall—half kitchen and half dining room—and was in use during the early part of the 19th century. The original house was pulled down some years ago, and the dog wheel passed into the possession of the late Sir John Williams.
The following account of a dog wheel written in 1890 by the late Edward Laws, F.S.A., describes this old—time domestic appliance:—
"In the year 1797, Thomas Rowlandson, the celebrated caricaturist, and his friend Wigstead visited Newcastle Emlyn in the course of a tour through Wales. As was the custom in those days they made a book out of their adventures, Wigstead undertaking the letterpress, and his more celebrated friend providing the illustrations. They put up at a decent inn,' and Rowlandson made a drawing of the kitchen. Wigstead writes—'A dog is employed as turnspit; great care is taken that this animal does not observe the cook approach the larder; if he does he immediately hides himself for the remainder of the day, and the guest must be contented with more humble fare than was intended.'"
