Beltane Festival

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May is a very interesting month not only is it Beltane, which Beltane is a celebration in may also known as May Day, May Eve, Beltaine. Fire is a big way people celebrate Beltane it is one of four fire rituals. "bringing in the May." is On the day before the first of May you go out and get flowers to wear and put on their homes and family members. It also the start to the summer vacation from school the warm to real hot days. May is the fifth month of the year in the Calendar and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. Beltaine it is on May first and it is one of the most important holiday of our religious year. To the Celts this is the coming of spring when the crops start to grow, Foods such as: Dairy, honey, oats, red …show more content…

To the Celts this is the coming of spring when the crops start to grow, Foods such as: Dairy, honey, oats, red fruits, herbal salads, red/pink wine punch, large round oatmeal/barley cakes, sweets Herbs: Almond, angelica, damiana, hawthorn, hibiscus, saffron, ash tree, bluebells, cinquefoil, daisy, frankincense, hawthorn, ivy, lilac, marsh marigold, meadowsweet, primrose, roses, satyrion root, woodruff, yellow cowslip, yarrow, Agrimony, St Johns Wort, Frankincense, Hawthorn, Ivy, Marigold, Meadowsweet, Orchid Root, Rose, Rowan, Woodruff, Elder flowers, Primroses, Rose petals which where some of the fruits and vegtables they ate at beltane. The animals have their babies and people begin to move around outside of their homes since they have been inside during the cold and dark winter months. Animals/Mythical such as The white cow, goats, giants, rabbits, honey bees, faeries, satyrs, Pegasus were among some of the animals. while this is not all of the association with may or baltane it is a good start animals was another good food source that they had cooked to eat at their celebrations. May is also another name of the hawthorn flower. The smell of flowers and all the beauty of the flowers and woods where such a great addition to the

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