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Interested in The Ceremony of Lating and similar of pre-Christian or early-Christian western European groups (Celtic, Alemannic, et al.) who ritually walked fields with candles or lanterns to purge evil spirits from the farmland. Probably the same grInterested in The Ceremony of Lating and similar of pre-Christian or early-Christian western European groups (Celtic, Alemannic, et al.) who ritually walked fields with candles or lanterns to purge evil spirits from the farmland. Probably the same groups who wassail, but I'm thinking more late autumn rather than midwinter. Might be concomitant with Samhain/All Hallow's, but not picky. Crop fertility over fields with light, anyway....more
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capn_ on LT. :) Introverted. Listopia addict esp. out-of-print forgotten books. Prefers dusty, faded secondhand books, especially obscure ones, due tocapn_ on LT. :) Introverted. Listopia addict esp. out-of-print forgotten books. Prefers dusty, faded secondhand books, especially obscure ones, due to aversion to all marketing and hype. Founded "Forgotten Vintage Children's Lit. We Want Republished!" Catalogues all known Mabel Esther Allan titles in foreign languages with their corresponding original work. Currently enjoying second childhood and reading midcentury kid lit. The Dark is Rising Sequence is great. The Song of Wirrun books are great. Alan Garner, Penelope Lively, Joan North,...!There's all manner of fabulous stories out there that you can get for a quid at a charity shop - if you are wise enough to read outside of your own era and to overlook dated covers. Reading outside of the current publication cycle is always a good move. You can learn much about human beings and cultural fads and norms by reading older books, too.
