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St George's Mushrooms on St George's Day
St George’s Mushrooms gathered on the Isle of South Uist
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March 2024

The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Mothering Sunday
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February 2024

Shrovetide Jollity
Pancakes and Misrule
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The Feast of Candlemas, St Brigid and an Irish Bank Holiday
The Feast of Candlemas, the blessing of the candles used through the year, is on February 2nd. It celebrates the increase in daylight hours. Blessing of…
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January 2024

The Nativity, Midwives,Gossip and Caudle
Feasting on Groaning Cake and Caudle
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December 2023

Candlelight
The Christingle
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'Tis the season for Mockery
Kyng of Chrystmas for the Daft Days
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Advent and The Jesse Tree
Advent from the Latin word adventus meaning arrival or coming begins on the Sunday closest to November 30th, St Andrew’s Day and ends on Christmas Eve…
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November 2023

St Andrew's Day
St Andrew was a fisherman, the brother of Simon Peter whom he introduced to Jesus saying, ‘We have found the Messiah’. They were the first followers of…
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Stir Up Sunday
Figgy, Plum or Christmas Pudding
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Feasting towards Advent.
and a recipe for Cranberries Fermented in Honey and Spices
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Martinmas, Remembrance Day and Salting a Yule Mart
Old Hallowe’en was on November 11th, which is also known as Martinmas, the Feast Day of St Martin of Tours. Saint Martin, a Roman soldier, cut his cloak…
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