Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays  And Some Not So Ancient!

 

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In China, the Sun-Goddess Amaterasu is honored annually on this day with a Shinto procession called the Amaterasu-Omikami.

Festival of Amaterasu-Omikami. Spend the day enjoying the sunshine. Illumine your home with candles in Her honor.

1992, a Pagan-based radio show called The Witching Hour (hosted by Winter Wren and Don Lewis) made its debut on radio station WONX in Evanston, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago).

Epping Forrest, England: FAIRLOP FAIR. Daniel Day found a gigantic, ancient hollow oak tree in the forest fitted with a round table that seated twelve & Day held an annual picnic there. The picnics grew into a full-scale English Fair. Then one year a bough fell from the tree, mortally wounding Day. He ordered his coffin made from the bough. Shortly thereafter the oak burned down. Fairlop Fair was no more.

St. Alexis ~ Because this fifth century Roman youth left his aristocratic parents and rich wife and went off to live as a poor hermit, he is the patron of beggars. Make a contribution to charity or give alms to a street person.

1439 ~ Kissing banned in England, in an attempt to stop the spread of pestilence & disease

Remember The Ancient Ways and Keep Them Holy!

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