'Tis the season
11 Oct 2007 04:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mediaevalistThe autumn months are typically lean times of blogging for me, mostly due to running the gauntlet of seasonal colds and allergies. This year's start could have been a lot worse, so I'm grateful. I was only suffering for three days as opposed to the usual week.
And I see that while I was out, I see that someone actually friended me for some reason. *scratches head* I really should have checked this journal sooner.
I have nothing right now on autumn festivals of the mediaeval period, though around the Eve of All Saints I'll be writing up another of my torturous posts on the subject. Or All Hallows' Eve or Hallowe'en if you prefer, but calling it 'Samhain' is goofy; it's Feis na Samhain, literally, 'Feast of November' (Samhain is the name of the month, at least in modern Irish).
But to dispense my early-season tip: if you want to celebrate the season in the traditional way besides attending Mass, (because let's face the facts, kids: the mediaeval everyman was what we call today a churchgoing Catholic, if for no other reason that he finally got to take a break and sit down) just find the local brewery (closest thing to a traditional pub in the States) and have so much to drink that you can barely walk home (Do not drive, especially not yourself). Thousands of Glasweigans continue this time-honoured tradition every year, where the streets are filled with staggering 'celebrants'.
Ah, the joys of modern Celtic culture.
And I see that while I was out, I see that someone actually friended me for some reason. *scratches head* I really should have checked this journal sooner.
I have nothing right now on autumn festivals of the mediaeval period, though around the Eve of All Saints I'll be writing up another of my torturous posts on the subject. Or All Hallows' Eve or Hallowe'en if you prefer, but calling it 'Samhain' is goofy; it's Feis na Samhain, literally, 'Feast of November' (Samhain is the name of the month, at least in modern Irish).
But to dispense my early-season tip: if you want to celebrate the season in the traditional way besides attending Mass, (because let's face the facts, kids: the mediaeval everyman was what we call today a churchgoing Catholic, if for no other reason that he finally got to take a break and sit down) just find the local brewery (closest thing to a traditional pub in the States) and have so much to drink that you can barely walk home (Do not drive, especially not yourself). Thousands of Glasweigans continue this time-honoured tradition every year, where the streets are filled with staggering 'celebrants'.
Ah, the joys of modern Celtic culture.