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Midsummer celebrations and fairy lore

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:18 pm    Post subject: Midsummer celebrations and fairy lore Reply with quote
Does anyone here know anything about the Midsummer celebrations in England or Ireland? Also, if anyone knows anything about Irish fairy lore, that could be potentially helpful as well.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you're talking about midsummer celebrations in the present, they're not around in the mainstream any more, in the UK at least. I don't know about Ireland, though.

On the other hand, if you're looking for past events, there's a few bits and pieces of info on Wikipedia. Here are the links:

Midsummer in the UK
Midsummer in Ireland

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I was looking for past events. Thanks! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I know stuff about midsummers, being pagan and all, but anything more specific?

Likewise with the Irish fairy lore. I'd be like 100 pages if I threw all my fairy information at you. Shocked
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
aniraangel wrote:
It'd be like 100 pages if I threw all my fairy information at you. Shocked

Do it, do it!
(I wanna see~)

*ahem*

BellaLuna, have you tried Encyclopedia Mythica?
(The Celtic folklore section is here.)

There's also the Irish folklore category section of Wikipedia. (Even if you don't trust it, you can skim it over and go to the sources themselves.)

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Meep wrote:

Do it, do it!
(I wanna see~)

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