To those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, Merry Mabon! To those in the Southern, Merry Ostara!
Mabon-y pictures~.
Happy Holidays!
Mabon-y pictures~.
Happy Holidays!
I've never heard of these holidays! But.... thanks? (are there presents involved? 
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)QUOTE(Noola @ Sep 22 2008, 10:07 PM) 560952
I've never heard of these holidays! But.... thanks? (are there presents involved? )
)Not really, unless you mean presence.
Mabon, at least, is a holiday when people get together, eat together, tell stories together, and celebrate the harvest. It's a lot like the American Thanksgiving.
Ostara can be likened to Easter. Actually, Easter got its bunnies and baby chicks from Ostara.
Being in NYC, I'll be celebrating Mabon. Because I didn't feel up to cooking today, I'll be bringing to work + school orange, yellow, red, and brown candies tomorrow to share around.
Noola, come to NYC so I can give you some candies!
P.S.: Next gift-giving holiday is Yule, December 21st.
QUOTE(Noola @ Sep 22 2008, 10:29 PM) 560960
Sadly, because I do love the candy, I am too poor to go to NYC.
It's okay. Everyone knows the best time to chill with people who celebrate the Wheel of the Year is during Beltaine.
For those who know nothing about Beltaine, here's some stuff to link you in:
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It's May! It's May!
The lusty month of May!...
Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes,
Ev'ryone breaks.
Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes!
The lusty month of May!
The lusty month of May!...
Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes,
Ev'ryone breaks.
Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes!
The lusty month of May!
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The Puritans, in fact, reacted with pious horror to most of the May Day rites, even making Maypoles illegal in 1644. They especially attempted to suppress the 'greenwood marriages' of young men and women who spent the entire night in the forest, staying out to greet the May sunrise, and bringing back boughs of flowers and garlands to decorate the village the next morning.
One angry Puritan wrote that men 'doe use commonly to runne into woodes in the night time, amongst maidens, to set bowes, in so muche, as I have hearde of tenne maidens whiche went to set May, and nine of them came home with childe.' And another Puritan complained that, of the girls who go into the woods, 'not the least one of them comes home again a virgin.'
One angry Puritan wrote that men 'doe use commonly to runne into woodes in the night time, amongst maidens, to set bowes, in so muche, as I have hearde of tenne maidens whiche went to set May, and nine of them came home with childe.' And another Puritan complained that, of the girls who go into the woods, 'not the least one of them comes home again a virgin.'
My mom used to give everyone kisses on Beltaine. 
Wicca, weirdos
Everyone, happy friday, every friday. It may not be now, but holiday wishes should never go unsaid. Since there are so many of them in the year, just read this every friday.
Remember to eat lots of noodles on that most holy day
((P.S. look to my siggy to understand my oddities.
Everyone, happy friday, every friday. It may not be now, but holiday wishes should never go unsaid. Since there are so many of them in the year, just read this every friday.
Remember to eat lots of noodles on that most holy day
((P.S. look to my siggy to understand my oddities.
QUOTE(Doman @ Sep 23 2008, 03:42 AM) 561223
Wicca, weirdos
Everyone, happy friday, every friday. It may not be now, but holiday wishes should never go unsaid. Since there are so many of them in the year, just read this every friday.
Remember to eat lots of noodles on that most holy day
((P.S. look to my siggy to understand my oddities.
Everyone, happy friday, every friday. It may not be now, but holiday wishes should never go unsaid. Since there are so many of them in the year, just read this every friday.
Remember to eat lots of noodles on that most holy day
((P.S. look to my siggy to understand my oddities.
Thread polluter.It worries me the extent to which my fellow Wiccans and RPGers are the same crowd 
All the same, happy Equinox!
All the same, happy Equinox!
