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Other Names: Lughnasadh, Lunasa Information: This is the first of the three harvests. There is often a focus on making sure the next two harvests go well, and so a popular idea is to try loads of competitions and silly races to keep up the �good humour� and strength of the Earth. Lammas is a time for counting your blessings. Traditions says you should save some corn stalks to make a doll out of at Imbolc, but the last stalk in a field should be left standing as a libation. The God is seen as a fertility Lord and especially Lugh, who Lughnasadh is meant to be named after, and the Goddess has turned to an Earth Mother like Ceres or Demeter. As it is a harvest time there is a big focus on food and drink, so you could try having a feast, or maybe a picnic. Try making bread or biscuits in the shape of suns ( a circle�not too difficult) Blackberries are out too so you could try making some wine or some pies. Blackberry muffins Blackberry muffins 225g plain flour 100g caster sugar 1tbsp baking powder � tsp salt 1 egg 225ml milk 50ml vegetable oil 75g blackberries Grease some muffin tins or those trays for little cakes. Mix up the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a big bowl. Beat the egg in a different bowl and add the oil and the milk. Add this to the dry ingredients and mix it up, but not so much you blend it all together; it should still be lumpy. Then mix in the blackberries, and spoon the mixture into the cake tins. Cook at 200C for about 20 minutes till they�ve risen and a knife stuck in the middle comes out clean. Books on the Sabbats: Sabbats - by Edain McCoy The wheel of the Wiccan yea- by Gail Duff The encyclopedia of superstitions - by Christina Hole A Witches' Bible - by the Farrars Contributed by Dragonfly |