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blobrana
08-01-2006, 09:22 AM
August 1 is the date of an ancient Pagan festival of Lammas or Lughnasadh (LOO-nah-sah). It marks the beginning of the last quarter of the Celtic year. The festival is associated with the god Lugh, or Samildanach, which means "he of many gifts".

:pint: :party:
Wilse
08-01-2006, 12:23 PM
I'll drink to that.

Happy Lughnasadh indeed.

:pint:
Karlos
08-01-2006, 02:18 PM
What sort of festivities would normally mark this occasion?
bloodline
08-02-2006, 01:28 AM
Karlos wrote:
What sort of festivities would normally mark this occasion?

One would hope lots of jiggling and rubbing of body parts!
08-02-2006, 02:07 AM
Wilse wrote:
I'll drink to that.

Happy Lughnasadh indeed.

:pint:

But surely you drink to anything Robert? ;-)
blobrana
08-02-2006, 05:20 AM
>>What sort of festivities would normally mark this occasion?

Hum,
it is a fire festival, but a good old wicker man burning would be over the top on this occasion.
i would suggest something like a Barbie (weather permitting).

Although, having said that i few of my friends went to the Wickerman Festival over the weekend.

http://static.flickr.com/73/197352087_07305243ff.jpg
bloodline
08-02-2006, 11:24 AM
nicholas wrote:

Wilse wrote:
I'll drink to that.

Happy Lughnasadh indeed.

:pint:

But surely you drink to anything Robert? ;-)

I'll drink to that :-D :pint:
Wilse
08-02-2006, 02:19 PM
nicholas wrote:

Wilse wrote:
I'll drink to that.

Happy Lughnasadh indeed.

:pint:

But surely you drink to anything Robert? ;-)

Fair cop Guv!

:pint:
Wilse
08-02-2006, 02:26 PM
Although, having said that i few of my friends went to the Wickerman Festival over the weekend.

Now that's what I call a festival.
I went too and it was incredibly good fun.
So much so that I wrote a wee review of it.
You can read it here. (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=76580302&MyToken=3bfdd34b-9a74-42c4-a6e7-fdc13417bef0ML)
(There's also reviews of the recent Skye and T in the Park festivals on that page, as well as Roger Waters in France, if anyone's interested.)

A snippet:
Great music, great atmosphere, great weather, great company and hardly a ned in sight.
It's definitely the best Scottish festival I've ever been to. It's also the best festival I've been to anywhere for at least two years.