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<blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 7381796" data-attributes="member: 25871"><p>Ah its not that bad. it would make perfect sense if you were living in pre christian times. i think its mad how much of it we have retained.</p><p></p><p>You have the longest and shortest days - Winter and summer solstice. when the nights and days are longest/shortest and the equinoxes when they are equal.</p><p></p><p>The 4 seasons mark the transitions between so half way between the Winter Solstice and The Vernal equinox is Imbolc or Spring. The start of lambing season. 1st Feb. Big day so the church put St Brigets day here.</p><p></p><p>Bealtaine is half way betwern the vernal equinox and the Summer soltice - Mayday, when they moved cattle from winter to summer pastures so start of summer</p><p></p><p>Lughnaise - Half way between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox. 1st Aug. start of the Harvest. start of Autumn</p><p></p><p>Samhain - 1 Nov end of Harvest, move the cattle again, start of Winter. another big day so we get all souls day from the church.</p><p></p><p>Samhain and Bealtaine were considered to be when lines between us and the fairies were blurred so we get all the spooky stuff around halloween and all the wikerman stuff around May in places like cornwall, less so in Ireland.</p><p></p><p>Each of these events were a load of work with cattle or crops so there was a party after and now we have Bank Holidays associated with all of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Guapo, post: 7381796, member: 25871"] Ah its not that bad. it would make perfect sense if you were living in pre christian times. i think its mad how much of it we have retained. You have the longest and shortest days - Winter and summer solstice. when the nights and days are longest/shortest and the equinoxes when they are equal. The 4 seasons mark the transitions between so half way between the Winter Solstice and The Vernal equinox is Imbolc or Spring. The start of lambing season. 1st Feb. Big day so the church put St Brigets day here. Bealtaine is half way betwern the vernal equinox and the Summer soltice - Mayday, when they moved cattle from winter to summer pastures so start of summer Lughnaise - Half way between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox. 1st Aug. start of the Harvest. start of Autumn Samhain - 1 Nov end of Harvest, move the cattle again, start of Winter. another big day so we get all souls day from the church. Samhain and Bealtaine were considered to be when lines between us and the fairies were blurred so we get all the spooky stuff around halloween and all the wikerman stuff around May in places like cornwall, less so in Ireland. Each of these events were a load of work with cattle or crops so there was a party after and now we have Bank Holidays associated with all of them. [/QUOTE]
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