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Why Do We Celebrate Lughnasadh?: A Fun, Educational, and Illustrated Holiday Book for Kids and Curious Minds About the Celtic First Harvest Festival
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Series: Celebrations for Kids
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ISBN13: 9798192172407
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.16 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.16 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Welcome the first harvest with warm bread, summer berries, old stories, and joyful gatherings! Why did families celebrate the season's first grain? What connects an Irish mountain, athletic contests, holy wells, and a goat called the King of the Fair? Why Do We Celebrate Lughnasadh? introduces young readers to a fascinating late-summer tradition with deep Gaelic roots. Marked around August 1, Lughnasadh signaled the beginning of harvest time for communities in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Its history brings together farming, mythology, fairs, food, outdoor journeys, and gratitude for the earth. Here is what you will discover inside:
- Stories of Lugh and Tailtiu: Meet the skillful hero and god Lugh and discover the legend of the great gathering he held to honor Tailtiu's hard work.
- Ancient Community Gatherings: Explore medieval accounts of races, contests, ceremonies, trading, storytelling, and summer fun at the Tailteann assembly.
- The First Harvest: Follow farmers as they cut grain with sickles, tie it into bundles, grind it into flour, and bake the season's first warm loaves.
- Bread, Berries, and Gratitude: Discover modern bread-sharing, purple-fingered bilberry picking, bubbling pies, and the separate Christian harvest tradition called Lammas.
- Mountains and Holy Wells: Climb Croagh Patrick during Reek Sunday and learn why visitors tie clooties-small strips of cloth-near healing wells.
- Fairs, Games, and Bonfires: Visit Ireland's Puck Fair, meet its surprising goat king, and explore modern picnics, races, music, fires, and outdoor gatherings.
- Visual Delight: Enjoy beautiful, minimalist colorful illustrations filled with golden grain, bread, berry baskets, mountain paths, fairgrounds, and glowing fires.
- Living Traditions: See how modern Pagan and Celtic-inspired communities celebrate through shared food, storytelling, music, nature, crafts, and thanks. Perfect for families, classrooms, homeschoolers, and young cultural explorers, this book celebrates hard work, shared abundance, seasonal change, and gratitude for the land. Grab your copy today and welcome the first harvest!
- Ancient Community Gatherings: Explore medieval accounts of races, contests, ceremonies, trading, storytelling, and summer fun at the Tailteann assembly.
- The First Harvest: Follow farmers as they cut grain with sickles, tie it into bundles, grind it into flour, and bake the season's first warm loaves.
- Bread, Berries, and Gratitude: Discover modern bread-sharing, purple-fingered bilberry picking, bubbling pies, and the separate Christian harvest tradition called Lammas.
- Mountains and Holy Wells: Climb Croagh Patrick during Reek Sunday and learn why visitors tie clooties-small strips of cloth-near healing wells.
- Fairs, Games, and Bonfires: Visit Ireland's Puck Fair, meet its surprising goat king, and explore modern picnics, races, music, fires, and outdoor gatherings.
- Visual Delight: Enjoy beautiful, minimalist colorful illustrations filled with golden grain, bread, berry baskets, mountain paths, fairgrounds, and glowing fires.
- Living Traditions: See how modern Pagan and Celtic-inspired communities celebrate through shared food, storytelling, music, nature, crafts, and thanks. Perfect for families, classrooms, homeschoolers, and young cultural explorers, this book celebrates hard work, shared abundance, seasonal change, and gratitude for the land. Grab your copy today and welcome the first harvest!
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