[Loch-Ruadh] Perpetual Event Date selection.

[Sonja Crocker]

This sounds awesome!
On Aug 2, 2013 7:00 PM, "Ceara Mac an Ghabhann" <ladycearamac at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I came up with a name suggestion that people seemed to like, so I thought
> I'd throw it out on here.
>
> Do go along with the celtic festival theme that we've always done,
> Lughnasadh, I suggested Meán Fómhair. It is the September celebration, and
> that actually works really well because the autumn equinox is on Tues, Sept
> 23rd, 2014. The event would fall on Sept 26, 2014.
>
> Meán Fómhair [ˌmʲɑːn̪ˠ ˈfoːwəɾʲ] or (myawn FOE-wir)- the literal
> translation is actually September, but it is the mid-harvest
> celebration.Link to pronunciation:
> http://www.forvo.com/word/me%C3%A1n_f%C3%B3mhair/
> **
> *
> *
> I'm reading it as a time of celebration for the wealth of your harvest.
> Here's an except from a 2011 celebration:
>
> "The holiday of Autumn Equinox, *Harvest Home*, *Mabon*, the *Feast of the
> Ingathering*, *Meán Fómhair* or *Alban Elfed*, 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 the Goddess and the God during the winter months."
>
> and
>
> "The 'Second Harvest' is known by many names: Cornucopia, Wine Harvest,
> Harvest Home, and the Feast of Avalon.
>
> *Avalon, one of the many Celtic names for the Land of the Dead, literally
> means the “land of apples*…*Celebrating new-made wine, harvesting apples
> and vine products, and visiting burial cairns to place an apple upon them
> were all ways in which the Celts honored this Sabbat.*
>
> Edain McCoy, Celtic Myth & Magick
>
> It’s a joyous celebration, but whereas the spring festivals celebrate birth
> and fertility, at the time of the harvest, the Autumn Equinox or 'Mabon'
> participants remember their ancestors." (Mabon a term coined in the 1970s)*
> *
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/notes/lorin-morgan-richards/celebrate-the-autumn-equinox-at-the-2011-west-coast-eisteddfod-welsh-festival-of/10150156322022403
> **
>
> Sorry to ramble on, but just thought I throw it out there to see what you
> guys thought. Love and miss you all.
>
> -Ceara
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Kathy Baxley <k_baxley at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> > great!
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >  From: Donna Wallis <sca004 at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: Donna Wallis <sca004 at sbcglobal.net>; "Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom
> of
> > Ansteorra, SCA, Inc." <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 7:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Perpetual Event Date selection.
> >
> >
> > Our request has been approved starting in 2014!!!
> > Now is the time to consider putting in a bid and budget for our September
> > 2014 bid.
> >
> >
> >
> > *¨¨*:.(¯`'.¸ Dana ¸.'´¯) .:*¨¨*
> > Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning
> > how to dance in the rain.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Donna Wallis <sca004 at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: Loch Ruadh Shire of <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 5:28 PM
> > Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Perpetual Event Date selection.
> >
> >
> > All of the comments on the 4th weekend of September for our perpetual
> > event date were positive.
> > The request for this date was emailed today to the Deputy for Kingdom
> > Calendar Requests.
> >
> >
> > I want to thank everyone for their input on this matter.
> >
> >
> > *¨¨*:.(¯`'.¸ Dana ¸.'´¯) .:*¨¨*
> > Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning
> > how to dance in the rain.
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