Cailleach Nollich : The Burning of the Old Woman of Winter
The Cailleach Nollich or the Yeel Carlin is Scotland’s version of the Yule Log. This centuries old...
Read MoreDec 24, 2022 | Cailleach, Christmas and Yule, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Hogmanay, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice
The Cailleach Nollich or the Yeel Carlin is Scotland’s version of the Yule Log. This centuries old...
Read MoreDec 31, 2021 | Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Hogmanay
Hogmanay is by far the biggest celebration in the Scottish year. Traditionally it surpasses...
Read MoreHalloween began in the dawn of history as a Celtic harvest festival called Samhain (pronounced...
Read MoreSep 21, 2021 | Bodach, Bride, Cailleach, Nine Maidens
Tigh nam Bodach is an ancient pagan shrine built to the Bodach and his wife, the Cailleach, in one...
Read MoreSep 22, 2020 | Beltane, Calanais, Chambered cairn, Druids, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Imbolc, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Samhain and Halloween, Stenness, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice
The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...
Read MoreOct 30, 2019 | Beltane, Cailleach, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Myths and Legends, Samhain and Halloween, Wheel of the Year
The origins of Halloween date back to an ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced...
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