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	Lammas home page
		Lammas aims to facilitate the emergence of a bioregional network, based on the principles of sustainability and ethical stewardship of the land and its resources.
		Lammas is currently working on a planning application for the first stage of an ecovillage project of 22 low impact smallholdings in Pembrokeshire.
		Lammas aims to demonstrate that it is possible to live a modern lifestyle which does not cost the earth.
	www.lammas.org.uk (808 words)

	Lammas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lammas is a cross-quarter day occurring 1/4 of a year after Beltane.
		Lammas is one of the Scottish quarter days.
		Lammas is also a Finnish word and means sheep.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lammas (316 words)

	LAMMAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lammas Tide – August 1, is the beginning of the harvest cycle and rests on the early gain harvest as well as those fruits and vegetables that are ready to be picked.
		Observing Lammas ensured an abundance of corn (wheat), milk, fruit, vegetables and fish; it was adopted by Christianity as Lammas-tide, when bread was made from the first corn and was offered at mass.
		This was also the time for Lammas Fairs, where the custom for unmarried persons of both sexes, was to choose a companion according to their liking, with whom they were to live for a year and a day.
	www.vancouvermorrismen.org /lammasale/what_is_lammas.html (603 words)

	Lammas - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A relic of the old "open-field" system of agriculture survives in the so-called "Lammas Lands." These were lands enclosed and held in severalty during the growing of corn and grass and thrown open to pasturage during the rest of the year for those who had common rights.
		These commoners might be the several owners, the inhabitants of a parish, freemen of a borough, tenants of a manor, andc.
		Thus, in law, "Lammas lands" belong to the several owners in fee-simple subject for half the year to the rights of pasturage of other people (Baylis v.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lammas (270 words)

	Lughnasadh/Lammas
		Although in the heat of a Mid-western summer it might be difficult to discern, the festival of Lammas (Aug 1st) marks the end of summer and the beginning of fall.
		The history of Lammas is as convoluted as all the rest of the old folk holidays.
		'Lammas' was the medieval Christian name for the holiday and it means 'loaf-mass', for this was the day on which loaves of bread were baked from the first grain harvest and laid on the church altars as offerings.
	www.twpt.com /lammas.htm (821 words)

	The Old Ways: Lammas
		Lammas, the festival of the First Fruits of the Harvest, is the first festival of the Waning Year.
		Lammas has often been taken to mean Lamb-mass, because on August 1, the next day, is the Feast of St. Peter's Chains, at which lambs are taken to church for blessing.
		Lammas is often celebrated as the Wake for the Sacred King.
	www.cyberwitch.com /wychwood/Temple/lammas.htm (1168 words)

	Celebrating Lammas - School of the Seasons
		Now some people say that William the Red was a Lammas sacrifice, that having made a wasteland of his kingdom, he was killed by the people (or the Gods) as a sacrifice to bring new life to the land.
		The Eleusinian Mysteries, celebrated around the Autumn Equinox, culminated in the revelation of a single ear of corn, a symbol to the initiate of the cyclical nature of life, for the corn is both seed and fruit, promise and fulfillment.
		Lammas is a festival of regrets and farewells, of harvest and preserves.
	www.schooloftheseasons.com /lammas.html (1288 words)

	Lammas, The Summer Harvest - Pagan
		Lammas is another of the Major Sabbats, occurring a quarter of a year after Beltane.
		Lammas is the first of three harvest festivals, which happen now through the autumn, as different crops were gathered and the nature gods moved through their recurring cycles of birth, growth, and death.
		The ripening of grains (barley, oats and wheat) and corn was one of the main focuses of Lammas.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art11252.asp (524 words)

	Lammas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lammas, the first of the Harvest Festivals, marks the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.
		The days grow noticeably shorter; there may be a cool spell or two to cut the heat of summer, and showers wash clear the soot and allergens from the skies, an intimation only of the season to come.
		Lammas is the first of the three harvest festivals, and symbolizes the waning strength of Bel, (Belenos) the Celtic god of light.
	www.tryskelion.com /lammas.htm (346 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Lammas, Lughnasadh \| Celtic pagan harvest feast festival Lleu Lugh ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lammas comes from Old English hlaf maesse, meaning ‘loaf mass’, the Christian holy repast at which bread baked from the first wheat of the season was blessed.
		Before Lammas, Lothian cow-boys, (as ‘cowboys’ used to be spelt in Britain) used to build a tower of stones and sods in a conspicuous place.
		At Lammas she is seen in her pregnant and birthing aspects as she ripens and swells with the life that she now brings forth, and the earth reflects this growing fruitfulness.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /lammas.html (4385 words)

	Staines Lammas FC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was 2 points dropped for the Lammas in their pursuit of the title when they could only manage a 3-3 draw away at lowly Sheerwater.
		Staines Lammas' Middlesex County Cup tie at Roxeth was postponed on Saturday due to a waterloged pitch.
		Staines Lammas hosted Westfield Reserves in the Surrey County FA Premier Cup and goals from Joe Johnson, Jay Coombs and Laurence Munns ensures a 3-1 victory and a trip to South Park in the last 16.
	www.staines-lammasfc.co.uk (1148 words)

	Lammas/Lughnasadh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lammas (August 1) is a celebration of the first harvest, particularly of grain products.
		The word Lammas is Old English for "loaf mass," and even today breads play a central role in the Lammas feast.
		Though the Celts saw this sabbat as the beginning of their autumn, today we enjoy this festival as the waning summer in which the first fruits are readily available.
	members.aol.com /sillverowl/wiccan/wiccan/htmls/lammas.html (230 words)

	Lammas, Music for a Medieval Setting
		Lammas require good lighting but can bring their own spotlights if warned in advance, they also require a changing area as all of their concerts are in costume.
		Lammas have three concerts, 'Music for a medieval setting' is the most popular with an introduction to all of their instruments as well as readings and anecdotes about medieval life and the lives of the minstrels.
		Lammas also do 30 minute 'presentations' for historic sites, they have 5 different half hour sessions which can be spread throughout a day and indispersed with question and answer sessions.
	www.trehawsa.com /lammas.htm (1270 words)

	Myth*ingLinks' Lammas
		Lammas was, to the Celts, one of four Great Fire Festivals, held on the cross-quarter days.
		During Lammas, the custom of lighting bonfires was intended to add strength to the powers of the waning sun.
		The grinding of the grain represents the harvest and death (or transition), adding sprouted wheat and yeast represents resurrection, and the consumption of the food represents the cycles of nature and new life.
	www.mythinglinks.org /Lammas.html (3821 words)

	Lammas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the 4 major Sabbats, Lammas, is the celebration of the first fruits of the harvest.
		Lammas honors the Grain Harvests and the Gods and Goddesses of Death and Resurrection
		Foods in tune with Lammas are: homemade breads (wheat, oat & especially corn bread), barley cakes, potatoes, first harvest foods, apples, rice, roasted lamb, berry pies, elderberry wine and ale.
	mysite.verizon.net /~vze39qxu/lammas.htm (353 words)

	Lammas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lammas, or Lughnasadh (after the Celtic God Lugus) is one of the harvest festivals.
		The word 'Lammas' comes from "loaf mass" which celebrates the bread made from the first grain to be harvested.
		This is the time of the year when Demeter is just beginning to realize that Persephone is gone and begins to search for her daughter.
	www.mindspring.com /~stardancer/lammas.htm (195 words)

	Lammas - Lughnasadh
		Although in the heat of a midwestern summer it might be difficult to discern, the festival of Lammas (August 1) marks the end of summer and the beginning of fall.
		The days now grow visibly shorter and by the time we’ve reached autumn’s end (October 31), we will have run the gamut of temperature from the heat of August to the cold and (sometimes) snow of November.
		However, British Witches often refer to the astrological date of August 6 as Old Lammas, and folklorists call it Lammas O.S. (Old Style).
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/7280/lammas.html (853 words)

	Heritage of Lammas
		This is Lammas, the Loaf Mass, when bread is baked from the first harvest, and John Barleycorn goes into barrels for the winter.
		In 1100 C.E. on the Morrow of Lammas, August 2, King William Rufus of England was shot through the eye with an arrow while hunting in the New Forest.
		In Brittany, Lammas is the time of the benediction of the sea.
	www.webofoz.org /heritage/Lammas.shtml (1179 words)

	The Lammas Fair in Ballycastle
		The Lammas Fair is famed for having an 'unbroken history', having taken place annually for the past 300 years but it origins go back to the legends and myths of Ireland.
		Today’s Lammas is a time of stalls, buying and selling, traditional music and horse trading, a local tradition exists of eating yellow candy called ‘Yellow Man’ and eating ‘Dulse’, a reddish sea weed of the variety ‘Palmaria palmata’ which has been eaten and used in medicine for centuries in Ireland.
		The ‘Oul Lammas Fair’ attracts people in their thousands from all over the world and is well worth a visit if your in the vicinity.
	www.northantrim.com /Thelammasfair.htm (606 words)

	Wheel of the Year 101: Lammas/Lughnasadh
		Lammas, or Lughnasadh, is the fifth sabbat on the Wheel of the Year starting with Imbolc.
		With Lammas, we celebrate the first stirrings of autumn and the harvests.
		During harvest festivals and modern Lammas rituals, corn doll effigies may be symbolically sacrificed.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/wicca_witchcraft/110136 (442 words)

	Lammas
		The days now grow visibly shorter and by the time we've reached autumn's end (Oct 31st), we will have run the gamut of temperature from the heat of August to the cold and (sometimes) snow of November.
		Many commentators have bewailed the fact that traditional Gardnerian and Alexandrian Books of Shadows say very little about the holiday of Lammas, stating only that poles should be ridden and a circle dance performed.
		Harvest and thanks-giving festivals are common among many other faiths, but they are typically once a year (rather than the 3 of Wicca).
	www.angelfire.com /moon2/mystique_angel/Lammas.html (944 words)

	Isis Books & Gifts - Free Wiccan Pagan Article: Wheel Of The Year - Lammas/Lughnassadh
		Lammas is the time of the first harvest of the grain, a time of thanksgiving for the first harvesting of the fruits of summer.
		At Lammas, we give thanks and sacrifice the body of the fertilizing, life-giving God by harvesting the grain, releasing Him to care for the souls of our ancestors in the Otherworld, knowing that at the Winter Solstice the new Sun-god will be born and the cycle will begin anew.
		You can bless your Corn Dolly on your Lammas Altar to bring you plenty and luck throughout the rest of the year, then save it to grace your mantle during the winter months.
	www.isisbooks.com /lammas.asp (965 words)

	Lammas / Lughnasadh
		Once a prominent Celtic festival known as Lughnasa (from the Gaelic násad, games or assembly, of Lugh, a Celtic deity and hero), Lammas is a joyful celebration of the first harvest.
		In an age when crops can be imported all year round, we tend to forget just how important this time was to our ancestorsthe failure of the harvest meant starvation and death.
		Whether you're just starting on the path or are an experienced Witch looking for a new perspective on this ancient festival, you'll find that Lammas is a cornucopia of history, folklore, recipes, spells, and rituals.
	www.askyewolfe.com /Lammas.html (422 words)

	Lammas Sabbat: facts and misinformation
		This sabbat marks the sacred marriage of the Sun and the Land.
		The festival of Lammas (Aug 1st) marks the end of summer and the beginning of fall.
		The days now grow visibly shorter and by the time we've reached the end of Fall (Oct 31st), we will have experienced a range of temperature from the heat of August to the cold and (sometimes) snow of November.
	www.tylwythteg.com /Lammas.html (1096 words)

	Lammas : Celebrating the Seasons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lammas, or Lughnassad, occurs in late July and early August.
		It is marks the middle of Summer and the beginning of the harvest.
		Kindle a Lammas fire with sacred wood and dried herbs.
	www.circlesanctuary.org /pholidays/Lammas.html (177 words)

	To Burn in Sacrifice: A Lammas Ritual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In many pre-Christian European cultures, Lammas was the time when farmers, probably first using a human representative, later an effigy, sacrificed the Corn King, symbolizing ever-reborn vegetable life.
		Just before the ritual begins, the high priest and priestess should explain the ritual to everyone, start the Lammas incense on the altar burning and light the fire.
		When bread, wine and juice are finished, the group releases the elements or directions and deities in their usual way and takes down the circle.
	www.widdershins.org /vol6iss3/lammas00.09.html (1513 words)

	Eastbourne Pagan Circle - Lammas fayre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The word 'Lammas' comes from the old English language, meaning 'loaf mass'.
		It is a harvest festival, a celebration of the Earth's bounty which traditionally was held at the time of the cutting of the first corn crop.
		The Eastbourne Lammas Festival is paid for by the year-round fund-raising efforts of the Eastbourne Pagan Circle, and sponsorship by Green Man Books.
	www.eastbournepagancircle.co.uk /lammasreview.html (348 words)

	Lammas Noticeboard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Dr Larch Maxey and Dr Jenny Pickerill have recently written an article about the lammas project for the magazine "The Land".
		The selection and allocation process for the first 10 plots in the Lammas settlement will be launched at the winter gathering.
		So if there is anyone interested in living in the first stage of the settlement then now is the time to get involved.
	www.lammas.org.uk /notice.htm (215 words)

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