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 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 MoreJun 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...
Read MoreJan 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...
Read MoreDec 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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