{"id":37553,"date":"2018-07-28T22:20:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T22:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37553"},"modified":"2018-07-30T17:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:03:13","slug":"lughnasadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/lughnasadh\/","title":{"rendered":"Lughnasadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Half way between the summer solstice<br \/>\nAnd the Autumn equinox<br \/>\nThe sun and moon together<br \/>\nIn the sky<br \/>\nThis is a magickal time folks<br \/>\nThe, annual wheat harvest<br \/>\nLoaf mass<br \/>\nand ofcourse we must ask why<\/p>\n<p>The first loaf made from the first<br \/>\nWheat<br \/>\nSunday the fifth does see<br \/>\nThe celtic tree of ogham<br \/>\nThe hazel come  to be<br \/>\n&#8220;Corpus avellana&#8221;divination stems<br \/>\nThe best nuts from avella<br \/>\nCampagnia were its gems<\/p>\n<p>The stems are very pliable<br \/>\nBaskets, hampers they<br \/>\n be<br \/>\nOften used by water witches and dowsers<br \/>\nSearching for to see<br \/>\n water and these are excellent<br \/>\nAnd who are we today<br \/>\nThe druids inherited knowledge<br \/>\nOf measurements and may<br \/>\nBe the neolithic surveyors<br \/>\nOf the leys<br \/>\nFor Understanding boudaries<br \/>\nIn essence truly pays<\/p>\n<p>Fresh baked bread an offering<br \/>\nAn unseen source I hear<br \/>\nOf all things bright and beautiful<br \/>\nIn truth I think thats clear<br \/>\nDruids carried hazel wands<br \/>\n&#8220;The nobles of the wood&#8221;<br \/>\nThe temperature has plummeted<br \/>\nBut apparently is still good.<\/p>\n<p>The ritual the games our circle<br \/>\nIs welcome to everyone<br \/>\nWe shall be playing games next week<br \/>\nIn the light of the sun<br \/>\nA month or two of heatwaves<br \/>\nHas cast our green for we<br \/>\nSee yellows and browns created<br \/>\nyes Everywhere they be<\/p>\n<p>Atop the famous roll rights hill<br \/>\nThe stones that look down ore<br \/>\nThe chipping norton township<br \/>\nSleepwalking for sure<br \/>\nThe labyrinth lacks water<br \/>\nLike hedgerows everywhere<br \/>\nBut the mole hills show their workings<br \/>\nAnd their continued care<\/p>\n<p>The light is slowly fading<br \/>\nThough the sun be hot above<br \/>\nSome of the leaves have withered<br \/>\nBut the undevided love<br \/>\nOf nature for its subjects<br \/>\nThe plants the shrubs the fruit<br \/>\nAre paramount in every way<br \/>\nRight down to every root<\/p>\n<p>Searching always finding<br \/>\nThe minerals below<br \/>\nThe microrhizal substances<br \/>\nThat helps all things to grow<br \/>\nEverywhere the energy<br \/>\nIs sustained for all to see<br \/>\nAnd Lugh will not be abdicating soon<br \/>\nIf you ask me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half way between the summer solstice And the Autumn equinox The sun and moon together In the sky This is a magickal time folks The, annual wheat harvest Loaf mass and ofcourse we must ask why The first loaf made &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/lughnasadh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37553"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37555,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37553\/revisions\/37555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}