Category: Shetland

The Winter Solstice: The World’s Oldest Festival

Dec 21, 2023 | Bride, Cailleach, Chambered cairn, Christmas and Yule, Druids, Fire Festivals, Hogmanay, Maeshowe, Neolithic, Orkney, Shetland, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...

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The Yules, Trows and a big helping of Superstition- The Old Festive Season in Scotland’s Northern Isles

Dec 29, 2020 | Christmas and Yule, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Orkney, Shetland, Trows, Vikings, Winter Solstice

The Yules was the old festive celebration in Orkney and Shetland derived from the old Norse...

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