In August , Lughnasadh. / Lammas. Need ideas....?

Question

Could you get me some ideas for this Sabbat. Some fun things to do with my family..... Husband and 2 kids... boy and girl of small ages.? Would love to hear some fun ideas... Thanks

Answer 1

Last year we painted a mural in our basement with temper paint. It was great fun. We used temper paint and I primed with walls with a washable semi-gloss. The picture is still up but I've checked it is still removable. Every year we also make bread people. You can use frozen dough if you're not up for making the dough yourself. But the kneading is the best part. We always get in a dough ball fight. Another fun thing to do... Take a nature walk and gather dried flowers and grass to decorate your alter.

PAX

Answer 2

From: www.paethieon.com

Lughnasadh
August 1
Lughnasadh (or Lughnasa; modern Irish Lúnasa) is a Gaelic holiday celebrated on 1 August, during the time of the harvesting. Lugnasadh was one of the four main festivals of Celtic religion: Imbolc, Beltaine, Lughnasadh and Samhain. Lughnasadh means "Lugh's assembly", representing the last festival of the calendar, dedicated to Lugh, the Sun God of Celtic mythology. The name Lammas is also used, taken from an Anglo-Saxon and Christianized holiday occurring at the same time, that may or may not have a common origin. As the name (from loaf-mass, "loaves festival") implies, it is a feast of thanksgiving for bread, symbolizing the first fruits of the harvest. Lughnasadh festivals lasted from 15 July until 15 August. Aside from three days of religious rituals, the celebrations were a time for contests of strength and skill.

Some Irish people continue to celebrate the holiday with fires and dancing. Lughnasadh is also the modern Gaelic term for the month of August.

Lughnasadh is one of the eight sabbats or solar festivals in the Wheel of the Year. It is the first of the three autumn harvest festivals, the other two being Mabon and Samhain.

Lughnasadh is often defined as a cross-quarter day midway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox, which is half way through Leo. As a sabbat it is preceded by Midsummer and followed by Mabon.

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Making and tasting different types of breads can be a good way to celebrate this sabat with family. If you have access to a campfire, toasts slices of bread over the fire.

Contests for the children like sac races or hide and seek.

Also excelent time to share good memories of things shared with the family from the summer.

Luna Faye