In English-speaking countries, August 1 is Lammas Day (loaf-mass day), the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop. In many parts of England, tenants were bound to present freshly harvested wheat to their landlords on or before the first day of August. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is referred to regularly, it is called "the feast of first fruits". The blessing of new fruits was performed annually in both the Eastern and Western Churches on the first, or the sixth, of August. The Sacramentary of ...

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Lammas

A Pagan holiday or Wiccan sabbat which takes place on or about August 1st.

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LAMMAS: August eve festival; one of four high festivals; also called Lughnasadh, Martinmas and St. Martin's Eve. Also see NOS CALON AWST.

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July 31 - August Eve - Lughnassad

'Lughnassad' means 'the funeral games of Lugh', referring to Lugh, the Irish sun god. However, the funeral is not his own, but the funeral games he hosts in honor of his foster-mother Tailte. For that reason, the traditional Tailtean craft fairs and Tailtean marriages (which last for a year and a day) are celebrated at this time. As autumn begins, the Sun God enters his old age, but is not yet dead. It is also a celebration of the first harvest. The Christian religion adopted this theme and called it 'Lammas', meaning 'loaf- mass', a time when newly baked loaves of bread are placed on the altar. An alternative date around August 5 (Old Lammas), when the sun reaches 15 degrees Leo, is sometimes employed by Covens.

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September 21 - Autumnal Equinox - Harvest Home

In many mythologies, this is the day the Sun God, the God of Light, is killed by his rival and dark twin, the God of Darkness - who was born at Midsummer, reached puberty at Lammas, and lives a mirror-image life of the Sun God. From this mid-Autumn day forward, darkness will be greater than light, just as night becomes longer than day. So it is a festival of sacrifice, including that of the Sun God in his aspect of Spirit of the Fields, John Barleycorn - for this is the final grain harvest. The Christian religion adopted it as 'Michaelmas', celebrated on the alternative date September 25, the old equinox date (Old Harvest Home). (The Welsh word 'Mabon', meaning 'son', is used by some Witches for the name of this holiday, although such usage is recent and not attested historically.)

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Wicca and Witchcraft: Holidays in Wicca and Witchcraft

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October 31 - November Eve - Samhain

December 21 - Winter Solstice - Yule

January 31 - February Eve - Imbolc

March 21 - Vernal Equinox - Lady Day

April 30 - May Eve - Beltaine

June 21 - Summer Solstice - Litha

July 31 - August Eve - Lughnassad

September 21 - Autumnal Equinox - Harvest Home

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Climate Ecology Country parks and conservation Beaches Rivers Bays Islands and peninsulas Administrative divisions Areas Buildings and structures Hong Kong has a long coastline which is full of twists and turns with many bays and beaches. Many of them are well sheltered by mountains nearby, as Hong Kong is a mountainous place. As a result, huge waves seldom ...

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• Beaches of Hong Kong - Beaches managed by the LCSD suitable for swimming
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 1. Butterfly Beach 蝴蝶灣泳灘 - New Territories
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 6. Golden Beach 黃 金 泳 灘 - New Territories
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 14. Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach 馬灣東灣泳灘 - Ma Wan island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 19. and 20. Clearwater Bay Beaches 清 水 灣 泳 灘 - New Territories
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 21. Big Wave Bay Beach 大浪灣泳灘 - Hong Kong Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 22. Shek O Beach 石澳泳灘 - Hong Kong Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 23. Turtle Cove Beach 龜 背 灣 泳 灘 - Hong Kong Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 30. Repulse Bay Beach 淺水灣泳灘 - Hong Kong Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 31. Deep Water Bay Beach 深 水 灣 – Hong Kong Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 32. Hung Shing Yeh Beach 洪 聖 爺 灣 泳 灘 - Lamma Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 33. Lo So Shing Beach 洪 聖 爺 灣 泳 灘 - Lamma Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 34. and 35. Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach 長洲東灣泳灘 and Kwun Yam Beach 觀音灣 – Cheung Chau
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 36. Silvermine Beach 銀 礦 灣 泳 灘 - Lantau Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 37. Pui O Beach 貝澳泳灘 - Lantau Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - 38. and 39. Cheung Sha Beaches 長沙泳灘 - Lantau Island
• Beaches of Hong Kong - Privately-owned/Other beaches suitable for swimming
• Beaches of Hong Kong - Grading system of beaches

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Chow Yun-Fat (Chinese: 周潤發; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. A charismatic actor, he has been likened to a grittier, more intense version of Cary Grant. Raised on the tiny offshore island of Lamma, Chow spent his childhood in poverty. His life started to ch ...

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• Chow Yun-Fat - Selected filmography
• Chow Yun-Fat - Selected TV Series

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In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, and rents and rates were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart. The English quarter days (also observed in Wales) are: Lady Day (March 25) Midsummer Day (June 24) Michaelmas (September 29) Christmas (December 25) Lady Day was also the first day of the year in the British Empire until 1752. The British tax year still starts on 'Old' Lady Day (6 April under the Gregorian calendar c ...

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Professor Alexander Thom (1894 - 1985) was a Scottish engineer most famous for his theory of the Megalithic yard. Thom was a professor of engineering at the University of Oxford when he became interested in the methods used by prehistoric peoples in building megalithic monuments especially the stone circles of the British Isles. In the company of his son Archie, he travelled across the country measur ...

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A cross-quarter day is a day falling halfway between one of the four main solar events (two solstices and two equinoxes) and the next one. These originated as pagan holidays in Northern Europe and the British Isles, and survive in modern times as neopagan holidays. The cross-quarter days traditionally mark the start of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, respectively, and are: Imbolc or Imbolg (February 1) Beltane or Bealtaine (May 1) Lughnasadh o ...

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This article is about the American NeoPagan festival Mabon. For the Welsh mythological character, please see Mabon ap Modron. Mabon is one of the eight solar holidays or sabbats of American Neopaganism. It is celebrated on the autumn equinox, which in the northern hemisphere is circa September 21 and in the southern hemisphere is circa March 21. Also called Harvest Home or simply Autumn Equinox, this holiday is a ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of t ...

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• Mabon - Antiquity of Mabon
• Mabon - Popular Culture

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Old Irish Lughnasadh (IPA: /luːnəsə/; also spelled Lughnasa; modern Irish Lúnasa; Modern Scots Gaelic, Lunasdal) is a Gaelic holiday celebrated on 1 August, during the time of the harvesting. Lugnasadh was one of the four main festivals of the mediaeval Irish calendar: Imbolc, Beltaine, Lughnasadh and Samhain. Lughnasadh means "Lugh's assembly", representing the last festival of the calendar, dedicated to Lugh, the Sun God of Celtic mythology. Lughnasadh fe ...

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• Lughnasadh - Neopaganism

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In some types of Neopaganism, particularly those influenced by Wicca, the Wheel of the Year is celebrated as the natural cycle of the seasons, commemorated by the eight Sabbats. Because one tenet of Neopaganism is that all of nature is cyclical, the passing of time is also seen as a cycle, a wheel which turns and turns. The course of birth, life, decline, and death that we see in our human lives is echoed in the seasons. The eight Sabbats are re ...

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• Wheel of the Year - Antiquity of the Wheel
• Wheel of the Year - Gregorian months in the wheel of the year
• Wheel of the Year - Astrological signs in the wheel of the year

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Dianic Wicca, also known as Women's Spirituality, Feminist Spirituality, Feminist Witchcraft, and Feminist Wicca. Dianic Wicca - Beliefs and practices. Dianic Wicca, Dianic Witchcraft, and Feminist Dianic Witchcraft are all common titles for the Neopagan Feminist Dianic tradition. While some Dianics self-identify as Wiccans, some prefer the term Witch or priestess of the Goddess. Dianic Wicca can be very similar to traditional Wicca in practice (see section below for a discussion ...

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• Dianic Wicca - Beliefs and practices
• Dianic Wicca - History
• Dianic Wicca - Important figures
• Dianic Wicca - Differences between Dianic Feminist Wicca and Mainstream Wicca

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In the Wiccan form of neopaganism, a Sabbat is one of the eight major seasonal festivals which make up the Wheel of the Year. These include the solstices and equinoxes, and four additional festivals sometimes referred to as the "cross-quarter days". The word derives from Old English "sabat", from Old French "sabbat", from Latin "sabbatum", from Greek "sabbaton" (or sa`baton), from Hebrew "shabbat" - to cease or rest - the same roots as "Sabbath (christian)" or "Shabbat (judaism)". See also "sabbath". The word appears in the wri ...

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• Sabbat neopaganism - Cross-quarter points on the Gregorian and astrological calendars

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A season is one of the major divisions of the year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in weather. In temperate and polar regions generally four seasons are recognised: spring, summer, autumn (fall), and winter. In some tropical and subtropical regions it is more common to speak of the rainy (or wet, or monsoon) season versus the dry season, as the amount of precipitation may vary mo ...

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• Season - Causes and climatic effects
• Season - Polar day and night
• Season - Reckoning
• Season - Mid-season

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August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. August 1 - Events. 527 - Justinian I becomes Byzantine Emperor. 607 - Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607). 1291 - The Swiss Confederation is formed. 1492 - Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jews out of Spain. 1461 - Edward IV is crowned king of England. 1498 - Christop ...

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• August 1 - Events
• August 1 - Births
• August 1 - Deaths
• August 1 - Holidays and observances

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Lammas

A Pagan holiday or Wiccan sabbat which takes place on or about August 1st.

(See also: Lammas, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

LAMMAS - August 1st. Witch Festival. The Old Celtic name for this festival is Lughnassadh. It is the Festival of the First Fruits, and is the first of the three harvests. This festival also marks the change of the Triple Goddess energies from that of Mother to Crone.

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