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<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial size=3>A small clarification, if you will
allow:<BR><BR>The Samhain Stew event will have three categories in the cooking
event. (There will be fighting and other competitions, too!)<BR><BR>(1) will be
'Stone Soup' - no ingredients that you bring may be put into YOUR stone soup -
you must trade or barter for the ingredients you use.<BR><BR>(2) will be any
'documented period recipe' cooked on-site<BR><BR>(3) will be a free-for-all make
any dish you wish (roast, stew, soup, bread, cake, cobbler, whatever you can
dream up) and prepare on site. Anyone care to do a stir-fry, or maybe
fajitas, or perhaps jaeger-schnitzel or stroganoff?<BR><BR>The prizes will
include, but not be limited to, a hand-made campfire cooking tripod, a hand-made
roasting spit set, several cast iron dutch ovens and maybe some fireside cooking
utensils.<BR><BR>Hope you all plan to attend, compete and enjoy yourselves and
the fellowship of all the other participants!<BR><BR>In Service to the
Dream,<BR><BR><FONT face="Monotype Corsiva" size=5><STRONG>Wulfgar von
Regensburg</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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On Behalf Of Tressa<BR>Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 14:01<BR>To:
tempio@ansteorra.org<BR>Subject: [Tempio] October History....inspiration for
Samhain Stew<BR><BR><BR>Hey, all<BR><BR>Since I'm helping to autocrat Samhain
Stew, I thought<BR>I'd get some creative juices flowing for you
guys.<BR>Remember, this year we're having the stone soup,<BR>regular stew, and a
free for all period recipe<BR>competitions!<BR><BR>Tressa<BR><BR>Samhain,
pronounced sow-en is the ending of the Celtic<BR>year. The Celtic new year
actually begins at sunset on<BR>October 31. This ritual is known as Ancestor
Night or<BR>Feast of the Dead. Because the veil between the worlds<BR>is
thinnest on this night, it was and is considered an excellent time for
divinations. Feasts are made in<BR>remembrance of dead ancestors and as an
affirmation of continuing life. A time for settling problems,throwing out old
ideas and influences. This is either elebrated October 31, or the first Full
Moon in Scorpio. Ancient Rome had a day of feasting in October known as the
Jejunium Cereris was observed in honor of Ceres (Mother Earth), the corn-goddess
and protectress of agriculture and all fruits of the Earth. They also had had a
festival honoring the goddess Pomona who ruled fruits and gardens. The Romans
pictured her as a beautiful maiden,her arms filled with fruit and a crown of
apples on her head. When<BR>Rome conquered the Gauls, Celts who lived in
Northern<BR>France were influenced by the Romans, that is how<BR>these two
customs blended and the result was a great<BR>fall holiday that mixed the
different aspects<BR>together.<BR>Vikings - At Vetrarblot, which took place
after the<BR>harvest in mid-October, animals were sacrificed for a<BR>good
winter. The Vikings loved celebrations and<BR>parties. Tri-annually, the Vikings
had big feasts or<BR>holidays.<BR>In Russia Mokos was the Goddess of the
earth<BR>worshipped by the ancient Slavs; one of the most<BR>primeval deities in
the pagan Slavic pantheon. She was<BR>first and foremost a symbol of the earth's
fertility.<BR>Holidays were dedicated to her in the autumn, after<BR>the
harvest. Over time, Mokos became a patron of<BR>women, especially those bearing
children or giving<BR>birth. Some groups, such as the Czechs, invoked
her<BR>name in times of drought. The strength of her cult<BR>remained
substantial, even after the Christianization<BR>of the Slavs; as late as the
17th century, Orthodox<BR>priests attempted to uncover Mokos-worshippers
among<BR>the peasantry, asking women whether or not they had<BR>"gone to Mokos."
In Russia, Mokos was partially<BR>absorbed into Orthodox worship, in the guise
of St. Paraskeva-Piatnitsa ("Paraskeva-Friday"), whose name day fell in late
October, around the time of Mokos's former harvest celebration. Gaul (Germany)-
Martinstag (really on November 11th) Since the end of the 4th century, Christian
communities in Gaul have been preparing their new members for baptism in a
preparation time in which they fasted. At St. Martin`s eve, people ate and drank
very well for a last time before they started to fast. This fasting time was the
forerunner of the today known advent.<BR>Also in Germany, in the fifteenth
century, peasants<BR>celebrated a week-long festival called the Kermesse.
A<BR>Pagan icon (or some other sacred object) would be<BR>unearthed from its
yearlong burial spot and then<BR>paraded through the village on top of gaily
decorated<BR>pole. After a week of feasting, dancing, and games,<BR>the
villagers would dress up in their mourning attire<BR>and rebury the icon in its
grave, where it would<BR>remain until the next year's Kermesse.<BR>In October an
annual nine-day religious festival<BR>begins in Nepal to honor the great Hindu
god Vishnu<BR>and to celebrate his awakening on a bed of serpents.<BR>As part of
an ancient tradition, secret offerings<BR>are made to the god and placed in
unripe pumpkins.<BR>October 25 - Shoemaker's Day is celebrated annually
on<BR><BR>this date in honor of Saint Crispin, the patron of<BR>shoemakers who
was beheaded in the third century A.D.<BR>According to legend, a new pair of
shoes bought on<BR>this day will bring good luck and prosperity to
their<BR>owner.<BR>In Cornwall, England and the ancient English market<BR>town
of St Ives, Allan Apple Day was celebrated at the<BR>end of October with the
ancient custom of providing<BR>children with a large apple on this eve of
"Allan-<BR>day" as it is called, to this day. It is a great<BR>misfortune to the
children to go to bed on<BR>"Allan-night" without the ancient custom of hiding
a<BR>Allan apple beneath their pillows. Great amounts of<BR>apples<BR>were sold
for this holiday's custom in the markets,<BR>thus the term Allan Market
begin.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>__________________________________<BR>Do you
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