The old Celtic year followed a seasonal structure organised around quarter days.
Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain.
Each marked the start of a new season.
The day began at sunset.
Change began quietly, in the dark.
#Imbolc, #Bealtaine, #Lughnasa, #Samhain, #folklore
One of my best decisions this year was to pick up singing lessons again.
Here a duet with my friend and singing teacher Viola Bornmann.
The song is a cover of Patrick Wolf's #Lughnasa. (I had to cut the beginning because of the 3 minute max on Bluesky...)
Vivienne's corn dolly, featuring calendula hands, winter rye, and Canadian wild rye. I love this.
Rye straw for the project. Some of it is yellow and ripe, and the Canadian wild rye is still green. Both kinds have the seed heads. I tried braiding some of this straw, and let's just say I have a long way to go.
OK, so I am still in the corn dolly phase of this summer. I spent Friday afternoon and evening with my youngest granddaughter and we had so much fun with this project. We purused Pinterest a bit and watched a couple of videos. Mostly, we winged it. #lammas #lughnasa #witchsky #folk_art
Happy Lúnasa to all that celebrate!
In addition to my annual hike up the mountain to view pika, I tried my hand at baking oat bannocks. The bake turned out horribly but I saw some beautiful bull elk so the day was a success!
#Lúnasa #Lughnasadh #Lughnasa
Grateful for my garden and orchard. #apples #applesauce #gardening #gardener #gardenlove #pnwgardener #pnwgarden #zantopiagardens #raisedbeds #raisedbedgarden #beans #lughnasa
The unique structure at Emain Macha, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte
#FolkloreSunday: `Horse races, with some indication that they may have held some ritual significance, are very much a feature of the #Lughnasa celebration.
Remember Macha, who had been forced into a race against the horses of Conchobar while heavily pregnant? […]
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Was bummed about having to cut my Lughnasa ride short yesterday but made up for it with a fitting ride to Scotland (Ontario). Broke quite a few PRs as well!
#lughnasa #lughnasainscotlandon #Scotlandon #pagan #celticpagan #cycling #gravel #biking #featsofstrength #ontariotrails #nature
#lughnasa ✨️
Photo from a morning stroll last August
the sun and trees #draw
long august morning shadows
near the walking trail
#haikufeels #prompt #haiku #poem #poetry #poet #writing #sun #trees #shadow #photography #lughnasa
Hope you have been having a lovely #Lughnasa #Lammas, ready for the arc to Samhain... wonder what it will bring...
Watercolor with two pigments: A moody sky with clouds hangs over a landscape featuring a few tree lines in the distance. Color ranges from rusty pink to brown.
Happy #Lughnasa 🌾 It’s also #scape day, and August is pink (anyone else here a synesthete?) #eastcoastkin #skyscape #cloudscape #stormysky #stormclouds #mood #moodysky #artyear #womensart #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorsky #skypainting #watercolorlandscape #painting #traditionalart #synesthesia
🌾 Lughnasa, the ancient Celtic festival marking the start of the harvest, was named for the god Lugh and celebrated with feasts, games & gratitude. Today, honour the tradition by harvesting summer veg & sowing for autumn. The wheel turns—your garden grows. 🥕🌽 #Lughnasa #HarvestTime #GrowYourOwn
#Lammas and #Lughnasa blessings to all who celebrate! I wish you fresh-baked bread and sunshine!
#pagan
Harvest knot, female_2, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Turlough, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte
#FindsFriday: During the ancient festival of #Lughnasa it was traditional in Ireland to make Harvest Knots. Men would make these as love tokens to give to their sweethearts to be worn at the festival dance.` #Celtic
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Lavender-blue porch with containers of many kinds and colors of flowers in containers on the steps including a sunflower with pale yellow petals. An American flag is hanging at the next house down and beyond that is an orange sunrise. The plants have that fullness almost to overflowing that comes with late summer.
Wishing everyone a happy Lughnasa, Lammas, Calan Awst, or first of August!
#lughnasa #lunasa #lammas #august #bloomscrolling
Today, the festival of Lughnasa celebrates Lugh, god of craft and harvest. Today is also the feast of St. Alphonsus Ligouri, a guide in mercy and conscience. Both remind us: wisdom isn’t just knowing, it’s doing things with care. What we do, and how we do it matters. #Lughnasa #StAlphonsus
Celtic image of Lugh, god of Sun and light by Jim Fitzpatrick
Good morning, tis Freya's day, a long weekend and a new month. The leaves are turning brown and starting to fall as Autumn/harvest season starts to arrive.. have a great, peaceful day. stay safe. #Lughnasa
Beannachtaí na Féile Lúnasa oraibh, a chairde!☀️
Seo linn aimsir an fhómhair!
#Lughnasadh #Lúnasa #Lughnasa
Lunasa is upon us. 🍎🍏🌽🌻
No big plans for me, just a fire, and reading my "harvest" list of the blessings and wisdoms that came to fruition is year. #Lughnasa #lammas
Alexis, Blueberry pie at Bubby's TriBeCa, August 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0
#BookologyThursday: `July and August were seen as the prime months for collecting the best-tasting bilberries. For those inclined to follow superstitious belief, bilberries were not to be collected after the first Sunday in August as the fairies and Crom Dubh […]
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Karyn Sig, Blueberry pie with whipped cream, CC BY 2.0
#BookologyThursday: `Mary MacNeill (1962) has made a strong case that many pilgrimages that take place on the last sunday of July such as pilgrimage to Mount Brandon, Co Kerry, Croagh Patrick, Co Mayo, and Maumeen, Co Galway, evolved from the #Celtic Festival […]
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DimiTalen, Tarte aux myrtilles, Refuge du Lac du Lou, Les Belleville, CC0 1.0
#BookologyThursday: `The bilberry was an important feature of activities, games, food and entertainments associated with the festival of #Lughnasa.
In October 1925, the Weekly Irish Times ran a brief feature on bilberries in its 'A Nature Picture' column. An […]
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DimiTalen, Tarte aux myrtilles, Refuge du Lac du Lou, Les Belleville, CC0 1.0
#BookologyThursday: `The bilberry was an important feature of activities, games, food and entertainments associated with the festival of #Lughnasa.
In October 1925, the Weekly Irish Times ran a brief feature on bilberries in its 'A Nature Picture' column.
Young girl with rush-woven baskets used to collect blaeberries. Known locally as "Fraughan Baskets", Glens of Antrim, July 1962. Photograph: Michael J. Murphy. Image reproduced by kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, UCD. Dúchas Photo reference: B060.24.00001
Lorg, Fraughan Pie; CC BY-SA 3.0.png
#BookologyThursday: `After a Meal of new foods it was time to climb hills or mountain tops and gather the bilberries. Many were eaten on the spot. In some areas, the boys strung the berries with straw, rushes or thread to make bracelets and necklaces for their […]
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"Occurring on 1 August, the Feast of Lughnasa was essentially an agrarian feast, having to do with the harvesting of the crops rather than with the pastoral economy."
- from The Pagan Celts
by Anne Ross (1986)
#celtic #celts #lughnasa #august #feast #crops #pagan
Photo of a corn dolly; "The third seasonal festival, too, was widespread throughout the Celtic world, and traces of it still survive in modern Celtic folk-custom. Occurring on 1 August, the Feast of Lughnasa was essentially an agrarian feast, having to do with the harvesting of the crops rather than with the pastoral economy." - from The Pagan Celts by Anne Ross (1986) #celtic #celts #lughnasa #august #feast #crops #pagan
"The third seasonal festival, too, was widespread throughout the Celtic world, and traces of it still survive in modern Celtic folk-custom."
- from The Pagan Celts
by Anne Ross (1986)
#celtic #celts #lughnasa #august #feast #crops #pagan
so i'm thinking sparking water and blueberry mini-muffins for #Lughnasa
Loaf of plaited bread with apples, flowers, wheat, leaves, pine cones on distressed metal background
Northumbrian harvest teacake, plaited loaf, on slatted wooden background with slices of bread on breadboard. Wheat scattered around.
Blue and white dish of Suffolk harvest cake on wooden surface with wheat and corn dollies in background.
Bilberry pie in white blue rimmed enamel dish on slatted wooden background with wheat scattered around.
Lughnasa/Lammas is on Friday. The festival celebrates the first cutting of the corn at harvest time. You can find recipes and information on customs and rituals at piespuddingsandpottages.com/festivals/la...
#britishfood #baking #foodhistory #recipe #lughnasa #lammas #festivals
