The Pagan Book of Days for Sunday, May 29th
Ambarvalia/Oak Apple Day/ Runic half-month of Odal commences
Ambarvalia was the Roman festival of purification in honor of Ceres and the Dea Dia, involving ritual walking around fields of growing crops to gain divine favor for the plants. In England, the festival became Oak Apple Day, commemorating the escape of Charles II from Cromwell’s army by hiding in an oak ree. It is customary to wear oak leaves on this day until midday. The rune Odal signifies ancestral property, the homestead, and all those things that are “one’s own.”
Source
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
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