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Branwen
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Edited Dec 27, 2009, 19:10
Re: Lost Festivals at Megalithic Sites
Dec 27, 2009, 19:08
Still shows this list for me, browser refreshed for latest version...
http://www.cyberscotia.com/ancient-lothian/leaves/features/calendar-of-festivals.html wrote:

new year's day january 1 folk
st. kentigern / mungo january 13 christian
imbolc / oimelc january 31 / february 1 pagan
candlemas february 2 christian / quarter day
lost neolithic festival march 5 pagan
st. baldred march 6 christian
st. cuthbert march 20 christian
spring equinox march 21 solar
easter variable march-april christian
riding the marches variable april-august folk
april fool's day april 1 folk
lost neolithic festival april 15 pagan
beltane april 30 - may 1 pagan / quarter day
may day may 1 folk
whitsunday may 15 christian / quarter day
st. columba june 9 christian
summer solstice june 21 solar
midsummer's day june 21 folk
st. servanus / serf july 1 christian
st. thenew / enoch july 18 christian
lùnasdal july 31 / august 1 pagan
lammas august 1 christian / quarter day
lost neolithic festival august 30 pagan
st. giles september 1 christian
autumn equinox september 21 solar
st. adomnán september 23 christian
st. triduana october 8 christian
lost neolithic festival october 11 pagan
st. bega october 31 christian
halloween october 31 folk/christian
samhuinn october 31 / november 1 pagan
hallow fair november 1 folk
st. triduana november 9 christian
martinmas november 11 christian / quarter day
st. margaret november 16 christian
st. andrew november 30 christian
winter solstice december 21 / 22 solar
christmas / yule december 25 christian
the daft days / yuletide december 25 - 31 folk
hogmanay december 31 folk

I've come to the conclusion pregression and OS and NS dating differences may account for them in the pagan year, but how did he find them as festivals using the stones is still a mystery to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates

Also, the christians celebrate St Triduana on Oct 8th now, but older references made it November 9th. (Probably to move her away from the pagan festival her story, and others like it, was obsfucating).
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