This holiday was the Celtic New Year and Gaelic harvest celebration before Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 (which had itself been the date of a pagan holiday, the Feast of the Lemures) to November 1 in an attempt to ride the world of non-Christian religions. Some things never change.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Celtic New Year
This holiday was the Celtic New Year and Gaelic harvest celebration before Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 (which had itself been the date of a pagan holiday, the Feast of the Lemures) to November 1 in an attempt to ride the world of non-Christian religions. Some things never change.
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