If you were a hard working farmer in olden times, can you imagine how close to your heart you’d hold the special holy days when feasting and merrymaking were the order of business? You might even mark your return to work with ceremonious festivity. Plough Monday is the first Monday after January 6th or Twelfth… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Plough Monday
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Mythic Monday: St. Agnes Eve
On St Agnes Eve, January 20th, a young girl can experience a dream vision of her future husband, so the lore tells us, if she follows a carefully prescribed ritual: Fast all day, and bathe before preparing for bed. Sprinkle water onto a sprig of rosemary and a sprig of thyme, and place the herbs… Continue reading Mythic Monday: St. Agnes Eve