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63Veronica's Random Dose - Labor Day Edition
In many countries today, May Day is now considered Labor Day. Although May Day is customarily celebrated the first Monday following May 1st, for many it is simply a worker's holiday. The demonstrations and...
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87Beltane Celebrations
The holiday of Beltane is traditionally celebrated from sundown on the last night of April into the first day of May, and is sometimes called May Day or Walpurgisnacht.
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84"Bringing in the May" - the history and culture of the traditional English May Day
May Day celebrations in England have a rich and diverse history. Strands of the festivals come from different pagan, polytheistic, and Christian traditions, all of which became mixed together over the years. ...
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62Beltane - A Greater Sabbat
Beltane (April 31st-May 1st) Also referred to as Roodmas, Rood day, the Eve of St Walburga's Day and Walpugis Nacht (these last two show relations with St Walburga, who was born in Sussex and died in AD180...
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53The Merry Month of May
Is it spring yet? I'm just wondering, because it's still too cold, here in central Oregon, to go outdoors without a jacket. Then, I know it must be. I see the signs all around. The weeds are starting to poke...
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62Origins of the September Labor Day
The majority of countries celebrate what we, in the United States call "Labor Day" on May 1st, or May day. It started in Europe as a rural festival and then transitioned into the modern day Labour Day when...
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79The Ley-Lines and Lost-Past of North Kent part 13 Reculver
We went east of the hub- the 'axis-mundi' as we now know it- when looking for aries. To find taurus the bull we go in more-or-less the same direction- aries was at the three-o-clock position and taurus must...
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73Playing in Woods with Fairies - Celtic Festival Folklore
This section of the series 'Playing in Woods with Fairies' is about the Celtic fire festivals, or quarter days, Samhuinn, Imbolc, Beltane and Lughnasadh. The series includes information on related Celtic animal, tree and fairy / deity lore.
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52MY THOUGHTS ON MAY DAY
The greatest holiday of Communists is May Day. In the socialistic regime it was mandatory each year on the first of May to go out into the street and show how communistic one is, showing the multitudes...
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61Getting a Dose of summer!
Well, it's time you embraced enthusiasm and find the kid in you again. Summer is a season filled with promises and adventure. And you will be surprised how our life goes through seasons of its own as...
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