The Pagan Book of Days for Thursday, January 12th
Compitalia/The Lares?St. Distaff’s Day
Roman festival of Compitalia celebrates the household gods, the Lares. On St. Distaff’s Day, name after a sanctified took rather than an individual, women would resum their spinning after Yule. The day is sacred to the chief goddess of Old England, Frigg whose followers were called the Freefolk. Although she is associated with the distaff, not all areas of life under her guidance are about work:
Partly work and partly play,
Ye must on Saint. Distaff’s Day.
Source
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
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