Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays

Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore,  Ancient Holidays
And Some Not So  Ancient!
 
Goddess Month of  Moura runs from 2/20 – 3/19
Celtic Tree of the Month:The Ash – February 18  –  March 17  
Celtic tree month  Fearn begins
Sheelah’s  Day, an annual festival to honor the fertility Goddess known as Sheela-na-gig was held on this  date in ancient Ireland. As
Christianity made  inroads, the identity of the Goddess was altered to the consort of mother of St. Patrick. Sheela is a very potent fertility
goddess and is  depicted in a squatting birthing position, holding her labia wide to allow her fertility to pass  out to any who honour her.
The obviousness of her fertility terrified the Church so they scrambled to find a more chaste version of her. 
St. Patrick’s Day (March  17)
March 17 is widely accepted as  the date of St. Patrick’s death in A.D. 461.
The first St. Patrick’s Day  parade in the United States was held in New York City on this day in 1762. 
Cabbage seeds are often planted  today, and old-time farmers believed that to make them grow well, you needed to  plant them while wearing your nightclothes.
On St. Patrick’s  Day, the warm side of a rock turns up,
and the broad-back goose begins  to lay.
From The Old Farmer’s  Almanac
Canaan: The  annual Festival of Astarte was held this day in
Canaan to honor the honor the  Goddess known as Queen of Heaven.
Rome: Date of  women’s festival of freedom known as the
Liberalia.
Spain: Fallas –  Annual festival in Valencia, when giant
sculptures are burnt in bonfires  across the region.  The
tradition (according to  Christians) is thought to have
originated in ancient times from  carpenters burning unwanted
wood at the start of spring. In  the Catalan language, fallas
means “fire.”

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NOTE: Because of the large number of ancient  calendars, many in simultaneous use, as well as different ways of computing holy  days (marked by the annual inundation, the solar year, the lunar month, the  rising of key stars, and other celestial and terrestrial events), you may find  these holy days celebrated a few days earlier or later at your local  temple.
Straight from
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast