It's the perfect time to enjoy delicious, golden crepes and pancakes. While this gourmet ritual is eagerly awaited, few ...

Wassailing has had a revival in recent years, according to English folklore website Tradfolk.co. The site's editor James Merryclough said: "What's particularly fascinating is how these events are ...

Samhuinn (or Samhain) used to be a pagan festival at the end of the harvest season. Traditionally, it consists of fireplay, drumming, and dance performances dedicated to a dramatic interaction between ...

According to superstition, if Phil comes out of his burrow on Groundhog Day and sees his shadow, it will scare him enough that he’ll turn back around—a sign that we’ll have another six weeks of winter ...

"It fits with the idea of the harvest home festival, solstice events and May ... The ritual itself pays homage to pagan tree worship. Mr Taylor believes a chance conversation with a 90-year ...

The new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, played a key role in persuading the previous Government ...

The celebration has Pagan origins, beginning as a festival to welcome spring and transforming into ... Without it, we couldn’t have the glorious rebirth of spring or the bountiful harvest of autumn.

So meteorological spring starts on March 1st, astronomical spring starts on March 21st, and traditional (Irish school) spring ...

Wiccan/Pagan Mabon, falling in September in the Northern Hemisphere, is a celebration of the second harvest during the autumn equinox. A time of gratitude and celebrating with others. September 26-27 ...

was said to be linked to the Celtic festival of Lughnasa, which symbolizes the beginning of harvest. The goat was a symbol of pagan fertility. Every year locals captured a wild goat in the ...