[Cro Dreoilin] Happy Lughnassadh!

[Kelley Forbes]

Actually, there is evidence for a lot of different timings.

There is what we call the calendrical days, come down to us through 
folklore, both new (the firsts) and old (about 12 days later). There are 
the natural signs, like we posted about on the second. There is the 
"astronomical" date, halfway in between the surrounding equinox and 
solstice. There is evidence from the Coligny calendar that lunar cycles 
may have been involved, for at least some tribes. No doubt, practical 
considerations played a part, too. Some festivals, like Lughnassadh, 
were held over many days, and as the harvest came in at different 
places, people would travel to the games.

-- Kelley.

Sue Blackmore wrote:
> Christianity kind of took over all the old feasts. I heard somewhere that
> originally they coincided with happenings in the natural world = Lughnassadh
> being timed with the harvest and not necessarily on the same calendar day
> each year. Since we aren't as agrarian as our forefathers that timing
> doesn't mean as much to us any more.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at crodreoilin.org
> [mailto:community-bounces at crodreoilin.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Forbes
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:09 PM
> To: community at crodreoilin.org
> Cc: Kelley Forbes
> Subject: Re: [Cro Dreoilin] Happy Lughnassadh!
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> I have seen both, but I think 1 August is more common.
>
> The first of the month is the default; Imbolg/Lá /Féile/ Bríde is the 
> lone exception, because it was timed coincide with the Feast of the 
> Purification, which must be exactly 40 days after Christmas, as that was 
> when Mary was considered no longer unclean after childbirth and could 
> return to the temple.
>
> -- Kelley.
>
> Greyhart wrote:
>   
>> I was surprised to get the email yesterday for Lughnassadh, because I have
>> always celebrated it on Aug. 2nd. Just as Imbolc is February 2nd, it's
>> counterpart across the year would be August 2nd. I never knew there was
>>     
> any
>   
>> other date for it.
>>
>> Greyhart
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: community-bounces at crodreoilin.org
>> [mailto:community-bounces at crodreoilin.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Forbes
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:17 PM
>> To: community at crodreoilin.org; Kelley Forbes
>> Subject: [Cro Dreoilin] Happy Lughnassadh!
>>
>> As we sit in the gentle rain and hear far-off thunder, having completed 
>> our own personal haying and having seen the bales all over the region, 
>> we wish you all a wonderful, restful natural Lughnassadh. Take a moment 
>> to appreciate the singular nature of the changing of the seasons!
>>
>>
>> -- Chris and Kelley.
>>
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