Raymond
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HAPPY LAMMASLAMMAS (pro: LA-MUSS)
1st August - N. Hemisphere
2nd February - S. Hemisphere
also known as: Lughnasadh (pro: LOO-NA-SAH)
In English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, August 1 is Lammas Day (loaf-mass day), the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year.
On this day it was customary to make a loaf made from the new crop.
In many parts of England, tenants were bound to present freshly harvested wheat to their landlords on or before the first day of August.
In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is referred to regularly, it is called "the feast of first fruits".
In mediĉval times the feast was known as the "Gule of August", but the meaning of "gule" is unknown.
Ronald Hutton suggests that it may be an Anglicisation of gŵyl aust, the Welsh name for August 1 meaning "feast of August", but this is not certain.
If so, this points to a pre-Christian origin for Lammas among the Anglo-Saxons and a link to the Gaelic festival of Lughnasadh.
'Gule' could also come from 'Geohhol' (Old English form of 'jule') and thus Lammas Day was the 'Jule of August'.
Generally among modern pagans today the festival is known as Lammas or by a smaller number 'the harvest home'.
Pagan celebrations and ceremonies involve much feasting and merry-making at Lammas.
Traditionally this is the time of the first harvest and many pagans decorate their homes and house altars with fruit and vegetables as well as corn and wheat.
Lammas is a time when we reap that which we have sown and see the benefits of our labour.
Lammas marks the time when Summer is at it's best and while the God and Goddess continue to sew their bountiful gifts onto the land we must be mindful that Summer will soon be over and it is now time to start planning for Winter.
Lammas is a time when fruit and vegetables, grains and wheat will be stored. Animals would be fattened up to either survive the coming cold or be slaughtered for food.
In short, Lammas is one last party before the work begins.
So eat, drink and make merry
Blessings and abundance to all at Lammas!!!
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Bravo
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Sounds worthy of a celebration to me!
Might have to get the fresh bread from Asda, but I will certainly be having some for my supper on the 1st, and will make a toast to Lammas Day with a nice glass of wine.
Cheers!
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david hobbs
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| Bravo wrote: | Sounds worthy of a celebration to me!
Might have to get the fresh bread from Asda, but I will certainly be having some for my supper on the 1st, and will make a toast to Lammas Day with a nice glass of wine.
Cheers! |
Fresh loaf from asda?
Do I detect a tongue wedged in a cheek.
At this festival the love and care that goes into the food preparation
especially the various breads is not available at the supermarket.
The making is all part of this act of thanks and love and it shows on the faces of the coven members when asked which particular loaf was their contribution.
It was and hopefully will be again always my favourite.
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Raymond
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Doing something is better than doing nothing Mr. Hobbs.
I understand what you mean though. I had this conversation with a coven I was involved with some years back.
We're supposed to be pagans. Worshippers of nature and all things from and of the land - and there we all were rolling up at the sabbat festivals with packets of Tesco's Quiche Lorain and Linda McCartney's Tofu Treats.
It's always good to make your own food and drink for all the sabbats and especially at the harvest-time sabbats but I'm afraid that most of us either don't have the time or the inclination to make stuff.
I made a wheatsheaf loaf one Lammas. I was still finding bits of flour and dough at Yule.
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david hobbs
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Outside of the coven I shall simply acknowledge the day.
No baking or anything special.
Perhaps I shall bump into you and Bravo in Asdas.
Although I feel you are more a Sainsburys man.
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Bravo
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They do a part baked bread that you finish off yourself 
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david hobbs
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| Bravo wrote: | | They do a part baked bread that you finish off yourself |
That'll suit half baked people like me then
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Raymond
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| david hobbs wrote: |
Although I feel you are more a Sainsburys man. |
Er,... excuse me. Waitrose sweetie.
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Samjaza
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Blessed be all !
I'm pissed ... say no more......
I'm in the spiriit of things. 
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Raymond
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LOL!
Blessed Be
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david hobbs
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Just to make it right they started harvesting the confields around here today.
Blessed be.
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Raymond
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I was going to type a new thread to wish you all a happy and peaceful Lammas, but in the spirit of planetary responsibility I decided to recycle last year's one.
HAPPY LAMMAS EVERYBODY!!!
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david hobbs
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Blessed be Raymond and another turn of the wheel.
There must have been times recently when you wondered if you would see another.
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Raymond
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Once or twice maybe.
But I'm still here to annoy the hell out of you all.
Muhahahaahahahahahahahahaha!!!
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david hobbs
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1st August - N. Hemisphere
2nd February - S. Hemisphere
also known as: Lughnasadh (pro: LOO-NA-SAH)
So what happens if you live on the equator?
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Raymond
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You're too hot to care.
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Lilly
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Happy anniversary Lug!
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