- Lughnasadh. The name '
Lammas'
comes from Old
English hlafmæsse
meaning "loaf m****".
Several antiquarians suggested that the name '
Lammas' came from 'lamb m****'...
- Plays. Hinds,
Hayden & Eldredge. p. 177.
Lammas or
Lammas Day (August 1st)
means the loaf-m****
day. The
day of
first fruit offerings, when a loaf was...
- were
dropped and
burst to
create a
drink called 'lambswool'
drunk on
Lammas day,
still known in Shakespeare's time. Later, the
drink evolved to become...
-
Lammas growth, also
called Lammas leaves,
Lammas flush,
second shoots, or
summer shoots, is a
season of
renewed growth in some
trees in
temperate regions...
- English-speaking
world of high
latitude countries,
autumn traditionally began with
Lammas Day and
ended around Hallowe'en, the
approximate mid-points
between midsummer...
-
phenomenon known as the
Lammas Floods. As the
floods usually occur around August, it is
likely the name
derives from
Lammas Day,
which falls on 1 August...
-
Bryan Cave and
Marmaduke Darrell. For the
funeral on
Tuesday 1 August,
Lammas Day, a "representation" of Mary,
thought to have been an
either an effigy...
-
meadow at
North Meadow, Cricklade.
Lammas rights entitled commoners to
pasture following the harvest,
between Lammas day, 12
August (N.S.), to 6 April, even...
- but
releases her.
Barrie then
demands to meet with Dr
Martin on
Lammas day, a
pagan day of
ritual fire.
Lewis visits an
Occult bookshop,
where he finds...
-
Celtic origins,
Lammas has Anglo-Saxon origins, and was
often marked with the
blessing of
loaves of
bread by the church. The name
Lammas (contraction of...
