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Rosanna Warren, from Departure: Poems; "Bonfires"
[Text ID: Dawn had brought, meanwhile—always / the story happens mean- / while, during nights of sorrow and sore muscles, days / on the mountain cutting pine,]
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Eve of Bealtaine | Beltane
The Celtic Festival of Bealtaine/Beltane which marks the beginning of summer in the ancient Celtic calendar is a Cross Quarter Day, half way between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. While the Bealtaine Festival is now associated with 1st May, the actual astronomical date is a number of days later. The festival was marked with the lighting of great bonfires that would mark a time of…
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Spent the day hanging in the woods with one of my best friends, ending it with a campfire and brauts.
There really is no better way to end the day!
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28th September
Michaelmas Eve
Source: onepeterfive.com
Today is Michaelmas Eve, which had a considerable set of customs to honour the Archangel Michael, the day before his feast day. As so often with the Christian saints, a merging with the pagan past can be detected. Michael was frequently conflated with the pre-Christian sea gods. In the Hebrides, the Archangel was revered as the patron saint of the sea. A dish called Straun Micheil was baked in his honour on this day consisting of locally grown post-harvest produce together with butter, eggs, and sheep’s milk. It was cooked in a lamb’s skin over an open fire, the echoes of pagan animal sacrifice being positively audible. The cakes were were marked with a cross before being eaten, with a slice tossed on the fire to pacify the devil/sea god. Dances also took place on Michaelmas Eve, anticipating the mummers’ plays of the Christmas season, but the death-and-resurrection theme featured, unusually, a woman, perhaps a further memory of the ancient Mother Goddess-worshipping religions once widely practiced.
In the Highlands of Scotland, the saint was often known as God Michael, whereas in Lincolnshire bonfires were lit in his honour, and seed scattered for the birds, a gesture believed to bring good luck.
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Bonfire in Idaho
Controlled Country Bonfire in Idaho 🔥
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