Sourey lhien!

[curiouswombat]

Sourey lhien! (Summer is here!)

Greetings for Laa Boaldyn - (Boaldyn in Manx, Bealtaine in Ireland and Bealltainn in Scottish Gaelic).. Happy May Day.

I should have reposted this yesterday, really - I was reminded of it by a post by seaivy.

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And here, today, the sun is trying to shine, the birds are singing beautifully, and I am about to go out

Comments

[noadvertising]

Blessed Beltane! Until ten years ago my friend and I met to celebrate each last day of April. Then her father died the next day, and we never resumed...

[curiouswombat]

Yes - I can see that would put an end to the celebratory meet-up...

[mrowe]

Blessed Beltane! (and the weather that should go with it!)

[curiouswombat]

At least today we have not had the thick mist we seem to have had for much of the past week or more - so it's a start!

[elwenlj]

Fascinating tradition.

[curiouswombat]

And you do still see the odd patch of smoke up on the hills...

[cairistiona7]

Interesting! So much of that culture doesn't seem to have made it across the pond with the immigrants who settled here.

[curiouswombat]

You do still see the odd patch of smoke on the hills or farms for May Day Eve.