Some of the Plygain carols are thought to have been created to replace the traditional Catholic (Latin) mass after the 1588 Welsh translation of the Bible; Plygain carols were a mainstream stay of Welsh protestant worship until the mid-19th century. Peaking in popularity in the 17th century, author Charles Edwards (c. 1628 – c. 1691) published a book of carols called Llyfr Plygain gydag Almanac (Plygain Book with an Almanac) in 1682. The tradition declined in the mid-19th century which was attributed to the rise of family gathering as an alternative Christmas-eve tradition and a 'Victorian' rebuff of the joyous celebrations which went with the Plygain. Some parishes had to abandon the practice after repeated incidences of drunk villagers disrupting the services.