More on Lammas

Before heading off to the lake for a weekend of camping and celebrating, I was cleaning outmy inbox and I had my Old Farmer's Almanac newsletter which I enjoy reading. I opened it and found a nice little article about Lammas, so I am sharing it.

Lammas Day—August 1

Lammas Day marks the beginning of the harvest. In old England, loaves of bread were baked from the first-ripened grain, consecrated in churches, and eaten.

From the Old English hlaf, “loaf,” and maesse, “mass” or “feast,” Lammas is very old indeed.

It derives from the ancient English festival called the Gule of August, which marked the beginning of the harvest, traditionally August 1. The early English church kept this pagan dedication of the first fruit but converted it to Christian usage.


After Lammas Day, corn ripens as much by night as by day. –proverb
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{hhhhmmm yet another holiday the Christians took from the Pagans...Easter and Christmas are 2 others btw}

Oh well, wheather you are Pagan or Christian or of any other path, I hope you all enjoy this weekend and even tho it's hot as can be now, know that the cooler days of Autumn are just around the corner :)

Blessed Be!