In all that I have read about Scottish and Irish
folklore, the correspondence between Lughnasa and
Lammas is a given.
Yours,
Rod McCaslin
--- Paul D Firth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Further (and late) thought about Lammas.
>
> There was a little discussion of Lammas, (celebrated
> on August 1st), back at the start of last month. I
> wonder if the following might add to the debate ...
>
> In the ancient world of Celtic religion Lugus, or
> Lug, was honoured widely throughout "the Celtic
> World". Lugdunum (Lyons), Leon, Leiden, Leignitz,
> and some places in Switzerland and Spain were named
> after him. Indeed, and area of Spain to the east of
> Galicia, is known as Lugo. His feast day, August 1,
> was kept as a harvest festival (Lughnasa) in Ireland
> until recent times.
>
> I leave it to the scholars of the Irish language and
> other philologists to consider if there is
> sufficient similarity here to suggest a link between
> Lughnasa and Lammas.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Slàinte,
>
> Paul D Firth
>
>
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