It is known as Lughnassa in honor to the god Lugh's
wedding to Mother Earth. Also known as Lammas, it is celebrated on August 1st.
and Lughnassa on August 7th. However the those who follow the Celtic Tradition
celebrate it on the first Full Moon in Leo. Other names are August Eve and the
First Festival of Harvest. This is the first of the three harvest celebrations.
This festival celebrates the beginning of the harvest. Bread is traditionally
baked. Herbs for all magickal purposes should be harvested.
In some
traditions the altars are decorated with fruits from the first harvest. You can
also put corn dollies to symbolize the Mother Goddes of the Harvest. Yellow and
red are the colors for this festival so the mantles can have these colors. Serve
homemade breads, barley cakes, nuts, wild berries, apples, rice, roasted lamb,
berry pies, elderberry wine, ale, and meadowsweet tea.
Traditional
herbs: acacia flowers, aloes, cornstalks, cyclamen, fenugreek, frankincense,
heather, hollyhock, myrtle, oak leaves, sunflower, and wheat.
Traditional incense: aloes, rose, and sandalwood.
Sacred gemstones: aventurine, citrine, peridot, and sardonyx.
Candle colors: golden, yellow, orange, green, and light brown.
information taken from:
D.J. Conway's Celtic
Magic, Scott Cunningham's Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary
Practitioner, Silver RavenWolf's To Ride a Silver Broomstick, and
Gerina Dunwich's Everyday Wicca
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