Lughnasadh
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Nov 1, 2026
Cam CookseyHOST
C. Samhain.
Cam CookseyHOST
Or D. Lugnasada.
Cam CookseyHOST
Lugnasad.
Cam CookseyHOST
Guys, I'm butchering these.
Gavin CorbettGUEST
In the Celtic calendar, Samhain would have been at the start, and Samhain corresponds to our modern Halloween.
Gavin CorbettGUEST
It would have been followed then by Imbolg, which corresponds to modern St. Brigid's Day, the start of spring, and then Bealtaine, May Day, start of summer, and Lunasa.
Gavin CorbettGUEST
high summer basically the first of August and then we cycled back to Samhain again Samhain represented that time of year when the harvest had to be brought in the light was failing when the year tips into the darker weeks It's also the time of year when it was believed that the veil between the living world and the other world was at its thinnest.
Gavin CorbettGUEST
And the ghosts of all the dead could be observed, it was believed.
Dara MolloyGUEST
So you have spring, which is the planting season.
Dara MolloyGUEST
Then you have, you know, well, spring would be in Bullock and then you have Galton, which is summer, which is the, everything is growing to its, to its height.
Dara MolloyGUEST
And then you have Luna, the harvest season.
Dara MolloyGUEST
So that's a different work you have to do at that point in your life.
Joanne AvisonHOST
I hope I pronounced these right and honour my many and very dear Celtic friends.
Joanne AvisonHOST
Imbolc, Beltane and Lunasa.
Joanne AvisonHOST
other, along with Samhain, are the four seasonal changes.
Joanne AvisonHOST
And they kind of correlate with the different solstice and equinox times that we talk about.
Ben CarterHOST
One often cited medieval reference is the treatment of Samhain or Samhain as one of the great quarter days of the year.
Ben CarterHOST
In Irish tradition, the cycle of seasonal points included Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane and Lugnasad.
Ben CarterHOST
That pattern supports the idea that Samhain belonged to a broader seasonal structure.
Ben CarterHOST
It does not automatically prove that every Celtic-speaking people observed the same new year in the same way, or that the date was everywhere devoted to the dead.
Ashleigh BodellHOST
So in the summer, so we couldn't really tell the difference.
Ashleigh BodellHOST
Then you have Lammas or also known as Lunasa on August 1st.
Ashleigh BodellHOST
That's the first harvest, the first of three harvests, three harvest festivals.
Ashleigh BodellHOST
It's all about gratitude and like gratitude for your abundance.
Ashleigh BodellHOST
I tend to say Samhain, but that it really just is whatever feels right for you.
Ashleigh BodellHOST
Samhain has its roots in ancient Celtic tradition.
Ashleigh BodellHOST
It was one of the four major Gaelic seasonal festivals along with Imbolc, Beltane, and Lunasa for the Celts.
Ashleigh BodellHOST
Samhain marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, the darker half of the year.
Sabrina BradyGUEST
It was really, it was the Celtic New Year and began the four of the great festivals in Ireland.
Sabrina BradyGUEST
So beginning with Samhain, then we would go to Imbolc, Bealtaine and Lunasa.
Sabrina BradyGUEST
So it was the time when the veil was pinned between the light and the dark as we were going into winter.
Sabrina BradyGUEST
So in Stroke Town Park, we're celebrating that with a very family-friendly celebration.
Sabrina BradyGUEST
I suppose our Celtic ancestors lived for the land and everything that they did was based around the land, the gods, the ancient traditions.
Sabrina BradyGUEST
So when they came to Samhain, it was the end of the harvest season.
Sabrina BradyGUEST
Lunasa was the beginning and Samhain saw the end of it.
Sabrina BradyGUEST
So they were celebrating Samhain celebrating their ancestors, celebrating the harvest and it was the time when I suppose they really believed that the cailleach would come over the land and things would go dark, things would go quiet, that the seeds would be held in the frost waiting for rebirth in Báilach and springtime into summer.
Anonymous CroneHOST
Tales of otherworldly encounters, mysterious beings, and dangerous crossings appear in stories that are set in this season.
Anonymous CroneHOST
Samhain is one of four fire festivals, alongside Imbolc, Beltane, and Lunasad.
Anonymous CroneHOST
And in my opinion, it's probably the most important one.
Anonymous CroneHOST
We've always incorporated Samhain into the Wheel of the Year as one of the major seasonal festivals.
ReneeHOST
And we've talked about like there's there's three harvest festivals.
ReneeHOST
So you have the first one, which would be Lunasad.
ReneeHOST
Then you have your second one, which is Mabon or the fall equinox.
ReneeHOST
And then you have your third one, which is Samhain.
MatajiHOST
So
JenHOST
the Celtic Cross is the one that's like the four looped points and then the circle around it, the circle representing the sun and the four points are representing Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane and Lunasa.
MatajiHOST
Nice.
JenHOST
Yeah.
JenHOST
So super fun.
JenHOST
Fun fact.
MatajiHOST
So the two points are Lunasa and then what was maybe the top one would be what?
JenHOST
So Lunasa, which we just went through, which is August, there is Imbolc, which is kind of like our Jesus Christ.
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