I missed Lammas, didn't I?

[sff_corgi_lj]

Bah. I'm bad with calendars, especially when my head's 'splody. (Mostly better now, diolch.) Ironically, this has been adapted into Christian (high church) observance as a fast in honour of the Holy Mother, and blasted if that isn't pretty much exactly what I did yesterday, will me nil me.

A happy (belated) Imbolc/Bridhid to the Antipodeans, too!

Comments

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

Oops! I missed Lammas, too. Where does the time go? (And how did it get to be 2006 when I wasn't looking ....?)

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

1. get welsh course. to keep form askign what diolch means (adn other wels hphrases yo uadn g use nwoand then.
2. get an overview of lesser-know feats days that goes beyodn christmas easter and so forth. imbolc? lammas? i' msure ther was soemthign on august 1 and apparently that's it. *thud* just liek ifinaly looked up walpurgis night and forgot it again...

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

1. Try http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/LexiconForms.html
2. Quarters: Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox. Cross-Quarters: Imbolc/Brigid, Beltane, Lammas (Teltane), Samhain
3. Walpurgisnacht: Same as Beltane. From Wikipedia:

The festival is named after Saint Walburga (known in Scandinavia as "Valborg"; alternative forms are "Walpurgis", "Wealdburg", or "Valderburger"), born in Wessex in 710. She was a niece of Saint Boniface and, according to legend, a daughter to the Saxon prince St. Richard. Together with her brothers she travelled to Franconia, Germany, where she became a nun and lived in the convent of Heidenheim, which was founded by her brother Wunibald. Walburga died on 25 February 779 and that day still carries her name in the Catholic calendar. However she was not made a saint until 1 May in the same year, and that day carries her name in the Swedish calendar.

Historically the Walpurgisnacht is derived from Pagan spring customs, where the arrival of spring was celebrated with bonfires at night. Viking fertility celebrations took place around April 30 and due to Walburga being declared a saint at that time of year, her name became associated with the celebrations. Walburga was honored in the same way that Vikings had celebrated spring and as they spread throughout Europe, the two dates became mixed together and created the Walpurgis Night celebration.

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

aha. i do remember loking that up onwikipedia itself.
Ah .Thanks you. I wa tryig nto jsut makea list of 'go and find thisandthat' because i' mgetting sic kand tired of constantl yaskign 'what is this? what do you mean? is this an injoke?" i dont' knwo if it was oen of yoru psots wher icommented tht ifelt lie kiwas getting paranoid and saw an injoek or a clever obscure pun in every other sentence. :)

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I remember you mentioning that once. But see, asking me questions makes me feel useful!. *grin*

Wikipedia's relentlessly handy, even when the articles are flawed.

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

No, no, no.
The Articles in Wikipedia aren't flawed, they're just *wrong*.
The writers of the erroneous info are flawed. (grin)
Print is your friend. Protect the Print.

[phantom_wolfboy]

I read that as, "I missed Llamas, didn't I?" and was kinda wondering . . .