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Irish Tourism and Heritage Experts, sample presentations delivered by Lora O'Brien, Copywriter, Author, and Irish Heritage Professional in Roscommon, Ireland.
2. Wheel of theYear
Originally
2 divisions
Sam & Gam
(Summer & Winter)
Surviving words
Samhain - End of
Summer
Geimhreadh (?)
Winter
3. ïĄ Most âpopularâ festival in Irish literature
ïĄ Beginning of Dark season
ïĄ Association with Death and Otherworld
ïĄ Supernatural adventures
ïĄ Ancestor reverence
ïĄ Fairies on the move
ïĄ Festivals & Feasting
ïĄ Tribute -Tara, 3 days
6. ïĄ Fire festival â Coming Darkness
ïĄ Community â reliance, shared fears
ïĄ Cull, slaughter â Bone Fires
ïĄ Sacrifice, Cleansing
ïĄ Hearth Fires â Fresh start, shared source
7. ïĄ Fairies on the move, Summer toWinter
ïĄ Seeking human child or lover
ïĄ Throw Dust!
ïĄ Time of change â disguise (straw boys)
ïĄ No boundaries - Cross dress, wild times
ïĄ Tricks, jokes, anything goes
ïĄ Protection for any who travel out - Dress Up!
8.
9. ïĄ Help the Halloween party!
ïĄ Propitiation, Bribery
ïĄ Boundaries â Community geography
ïĄ Feasting
ïĄ Tributes
10. ïĄ Hunting at an end â Quarter of the Fian
ïĄ Animals breeding
ïĄ Wild pig â Nov to Jan
ï§ âName of food which is carried to the Lord before
Christmas... is the Samhain Pigâ
ïĄ Raiding at an end â weather, ease
ïĄ Grain & fruit harvest... DRINK!
ïĄ Plans for next year
12. ïĄ Who was Jack?!
ïĄ Lighted Lanterns placed in windows
ïĄ Ward off unfriendly spirits
13. ïĄ Ancestor Reverence
ïĄ Shamanic culture â guidance, guardianship
ïĄ I SEE DEAD PEOPLE
ïĄ Dumb Supper
ïĄ Unlocked doors
ïĄ Early to Bed
ïĄ Leave a good fire in!
14. ïĄ Otherworld, ManannĂĄn Mac Lir
ïĄ EmhainAbhlach
ïĄ Silver branch with 3 golden apples
ï§ Music would soothe to sleep the sick or wounded
ïĄ Imram â voyage
ïĄ Cross the sea to obtain the apples
ï§ Bobbing for apples?!
ïĄ Hazelnuts â Find the Seer, Divination
ïĄ Salmon of knowledge, 9 sacred nuts
15. ïĄ Feasting & Merriment
ïĄ Divination
ïĄ Bobbing for Apples
ïĄ Peeling the Apple
ïĄ Nuts in the Fire
ïĄ Lock of hair to the Fire
16. ïĄ BairĂn Breac (speckled loaf)
ï§ Ring = Marriage
ï§ Thimble = Spinsterhood
ï§ Button = Bachelorhood
ï§ Matchstick = Spousal abuse
ï§ Bean = Poverty
ï§ Pea = Wealth
ï§ Holy Medal = Religious Orders
ï§ Little Boat = Journey.
17. ïĄ Time of Change
ïĄ Magic
ïĄ Protection
ïĄ âIt is the poetâs duty to
be with the king at
Samhain and protect
him from enchantmentâ
18. ïĄ We thought Spring is new year?
ïĄ Before visible growth â Darkness
ïĄ Winter - Time for Introspection
ïĄ Planning
ïĄ Learning
ïĄ Eliminate your weakness â Cull & Cleanse!