#lughnasadh — Public Fediverse posts
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Urban allotments at sunset- it’s the season of Lughnasadh.
I especially love seeing the apple tree covered in those red apples!
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There is a specific tiredness that comes from being argued about. It is not the tiredness of work. It is the exhaustion of a body that has been asked to be evidence.
Set it down. Not forever. Just for a while.*Tha an talamh a' cumail cunntais* — the earth keeps the count.
What are you setting down today?
#Gàidhlig #ScottishGaelic #Lughnasadh #Druid #Folklore #Nature #TransRights #QueerNews #Community #Solidarity
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August is the month the year stops promising and starts delivering, and delivery is heavier than promise. The tomatoes come in faster than the counter can hold them. The goldenrod is up. The light leaves a few minutes earlier each evening, so slightly you register it in the shoulders before you register it in the sky.
#Gàidhlig #ScottishGaelic #Lughnasadh #Druid #Folklore #Nature #TransRights #QueerNews #Community #Solidarity
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What's turning where you are?
#Gaidhlig #Lughnasadh #Folklore #Druid #Solarpunk #QueerNews
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Four days past Lughnasadh and the light goes a minute and a half earlier every night. Too small to notice. Too steady to argue with.
Tha an t-samhradh a' tionndadh — the summer is turning.
#Gaidhlig #Lughnasadh #Folklore #Druid #Solarpunk #QueerNews
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What's overflowing at your place this week, and who are you giving it to?
#Lughnasadh #WheelOfTheYear #Gardening #Harvest #Tomatoes #Gaidhlig #ScottishGaelic #Druid #Pagan #Seasonal #Phenology #SlowLiving #Solidarity
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Lá Saoire i mí Lúnasa
Today, Monday 3rd August 2026, being the first Monday in August, is a Bank Holiday in Ireland. This holiday was created by the Bank Holiday Act of 1871 when Ireland was under British rule. While the August Bank Holiday was subsequently moved to the end of August in England and Wales, it has remained at the start of August in Ireland. It has been a nice morning weather-wise, but in true Bank Holiday fashion we’re promised heavy rain later on, with a chance of thunderstorms.
As I mentioned on Saturday, the first day of August marks the old pagan festival of Lughnasadh, named after the God Lugh, on which is celebrated the beginning of the harvest season. This coincides with the English Lammas Day, one of many Christian festivals with pagan origins. Traditionally this is the start of the harvest season and is celebrated accordingly, with rites involving the first fruit and bread baked from flour obtained from the first corn. It is also one of the cross-quarter days, lying roughly half-way between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox (in the Northern Hemisphere).
Two years ago at this time I was still on sabbatical. That seems like ages ago! When I resumed teaching, in September 2024, I had to teach two modules I’d never taught before: a fourth-year Mathematical physics course on Differential Equations and Complex Analysis and a second-year Engineering Mathematics course. I am doing both of these again so resumption of teaching in September won’t be as challenging, although I will be changing a few things in the light of last year’s experience. Lectures start on Monday 22nd September.
After I return to work tomorrow the next big item on the agenda is the repeat examination period, which starts on Wednesday August 5th. The first paper for which I have responsibility is on Friday 7th, but I won’t be able to get the scripts until Monday 10th so I have a bit of time to do other stuff before I start marking. I am not expecting many scripts, actually, so it shouldn’t be too onerous a task to get them done promptly.
Next week also sees the deadline for the dissertations for our MSc course. I have been supervising a student this year and will probably be asked to give comments on the final draft of his report. Then the MSc students have their presentations on Friday 14th August. They have all completed the taught component of the course so the only thing left to assess are these projects. Students will get their final results later this month, along with the resitting undergraduate students.
In between all this we have our Eclipse Event on August 12th. This sold out very quickly so we expect a good turnout. The event was advertised quite a bit in the local media, e.g. here. The viewing of the eclipse will of course depend on the weather, but we have talks lined up indoors and a pop-up planetarium so I hope people will turn up even if the weather isn’t great. Although it is officially full, there may be a few returns, so it is worth checking on the day to see if we can fit you in.
Anyway, after the repeat examinations and project assessments are done, the marks uploaded, and the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Examination Boards have done their work, the next job will be to prepare for the new intake of students. This year’s Leaving Certificate results will be announced on Friday 21st August, at which point we’ll see how many students (if any) we have studying Physics next academic year (which, if all goes to plan, will be my penultimate…)
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On our way home from the #Lughnasadh ritual. The witches fed us homemade shortbread and peach ice cream. 🌞
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Olivia and I were driving back from Trumansburg to celebrate summer bounty last week and I saw this flower universe in front of Indian Creek Farm
#photo #photography #Lughnasadh #lugh #flower #trumanburg #bloomscrolling #zinnia #indiancreek #paganism
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The video of our Lughnasadh Gathering is now on Youtube. Many thanks to Godiva for her wonderful filming of the magic.
https://youtu.be/3-nuE_PtXjE?si=TGlPG8jtQXWvqpS-
#lughnasadh #lammas #ritual @secondlife @pagan #pagan #gaming
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**Sunday 2nd August 12:30pm SLT**
🌞 BLESSED LUGHNASADH! 🌞
🌻 The Wheel of the Year turns towards maturity & 🌾 FIRST HARVEST w/Lughnasadh (LOO-nah-sah) aka Lammas.
🎶 Join DJ Holocluck Henly once again at CK's Artist Garden for a Circle Dance to an eclectic set of tasty & summery tunes 🥨 and then some.
All ages, all era attire welcome. No skyclad please.
#SecondLife #WheelOfTheYear #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Harvest #VirtualWorldsYour hayride:
🌎 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Laserlight/96/109/1002 -
Made some herbed bread for lughnasadh today with some of my own fresh herbs and dried, instead of my usual Irish soda bread. I think it was hit because there isn’t much left after my gals went gremlin mode.
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Blessed Lughnasadh! Or Lammas if you prefer.
May your harvest be bountiful and the fruits of it sweet!
There's a fuller explanation of the mini altar I set up in the image alt text. Pan isn't strictly part of this, I know, but it felt right to include him so we rolled with the vibe.
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Happy Lughnasadh, everyone! 🌟🍞🌻🌞
