Tag: Winter Solstice

Cailleach Nollich : The Burning of the Old Woman of Winter

Dec 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...

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Hogmanay: The Traditions of Scotland’s New Year’s Eve

Dec 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...

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Turning the Wheel of the Year

Sep 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,...

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The Feast of the Nine Maidens: A Christian Feast or a Pagan Memory

Jun 18, 2020 | Anglo-Saxons, Beltane, Britons, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Dragons, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Imbolc, Myths and Legends, Nine Maidens, Picts

The 18th of June is the Feast Day of the Nine Maidens in Scotland. But who were these women? Did...

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Are the Scots a Nation of Pyromaniacs? Midwinter Fire Festivals in Scotland

Jan 27, 2020 | Christmas and Yule, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Winter Solstice

I am convinced that the Scots are a nation of pyromaniacs. I used to work in a laboratory...

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Winter Solstice: Scottish Megaliths and the World’s Oldest Calendar

Dec 20, 2019 | Calanais, Chambered cairn, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

Anyone who has lived in Scotland can tell you that the Winter Solstice can be a tough time of the...

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