Saturday, June 24, 2006

Mid Summer?

So today was mid-summer day. Has the summer really half gone? it doesn`t really seem to have arrived here yet.

Looking up mid-summer customs I came across this:
In antiquity midsummer fires were lit in high places all over the countryside, and in some areas of Scotland Midsummer fires were still being lit well into the 18th century.. It was a time when the domestic beasts of the land were blessed with fire, generally by walking them around the fire in a sun-wise direction. It was also customary for people to jump high through the fires, folklore suggesting that the height reached by the most athletic jumper, would be the height of that years harvest.

Have you lit a fire and jumped over it today? I wouldn`t dare, I`d probably land in it!

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