Pagans...what are you eating this evening? (Lammas)

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Anybody celebrating today?

What will you be eating? I'm just pottering around the kitchen now to organise our meal and would like to mark the occasion in someway.

Just curious, but since "Lammas" comes from the old English for Loaf + Mass, why would pagans be celebrating it?

"Lammas 1st August, the feast of St. Peter in Chains, observed in A.-S. England by the consecration of bread made from the first ripe corn. OE. hlafmaesse, f. hlaf LOAF + maesse , MASS."

curiouser I imagine because, like many of the Christian/mainstream festivals in the UK it was originally an older festival/celebration as described here.

BTW, I'm such a dedicated Pagan that I completely forgot about it and had pasta

Sorry, yes not looking forward to offend anyone.

Interesting link BelleDame, thanks for that

Another dedicated pagan here who forgot, and I may have had pasta, I can't remember

This is quite handy to subscribe to - she sends out lots of lovely ideas and reminders for every sabbat, as well as a weekly newsletter - much of it is US-centric but still interesting.

Was away and completely missed it hey ho, I like to tell myself it's more important to acknowledge the change in seasons as I feel it, rather than by the callander, or summat.

Thanks for link spirtmum have signed up

(Hi RedHappy, just been on your other thread...having bit of an MN fest catching up after hols!)