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Lughnasadh and Lammas
The first-fruits festival at the start of August, a Gaelic assembly tied to the god Lugh, and the English loaf-mass of Lammas.
About Lughnasadh and Lammas
Lughnasadh, on 1 August, is the Gaelic festival of the start of harvest, said in Irish tradition to honour the god Lugh, who held funeral games for his foster mother. In rural Ireland it survived as Garland Sunday and as pilgrimages to hilltops, with the climbing of Croagh Patrick on the last Sunday of July the best-known modern form. In England the same day was Lammas, from loaf-mass, when the first loaf of the new wheat was blessed in church. Early harvest was thought to be a dangerous time, and numbers of customs sought to protect the crop and the household. Modern Pagans keep it as the first harvest sabbat, sometimes with loaves in the shape of a figure.
Also part of it, and being written: Lughnasadh (The Gaelic festival.), Lammas (The English loaf-mass.), Wheel of the Year (The modern Pagan calendar.).
Written by the EveryJaadu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Lughnasadh" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family, and are described as belief and practice. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.