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1. The Celtic Origins of Halloween

   Halloween is a festival that falls on October 31st and is now celebrated in many parts of the world. A night of bonfires, hollowed out turnips and pumpkins lit with candles ... time of year in other Celtic lands; for example the Calan Gaeaf (in Wales), Kalan Gwav (in Cornwall), and Kalan Goañv (in Brittany). ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 23 2020 - 10:04am

2. Kannerezed noz – The Washerwomen of the Night in the Celtic mythology of Brittany

   ... is accompanied by a cart pulled by black horses. Ankou is a night traveller that gathers the soles of the newly dead. Then there is the ... for these two days are held as sacred to the fairies. The night of ‘dimerc'her’ is their special night though, particularly the first ...

   Dominique Corolleur - Oct 6 2016 - 11:04pm - 0 comments

3. A Dark Halloween Visitor From Outer Space!

   ... Sauin (Manx Gaelic), Samhuinn (Scottish Gaelic) and Calan Gaeaf (Welsh). In the Isle of Man it is the date of the celebration known as Hop tu ...

   Alastair Kneale - Oct 31 2015 - 5:51pm - 0 comments

4. Death, madness, or poetry! The perils of a night spent in Welsh Neolithic tomb

   ... with the tomb. One of which is that anyone who spends a night here on the evenings leading up to May Day, St John's Day (23rd June), or ...

   Mair Williams - Aug 17 2018 - 8:56pm

5. USA: Asheville Sister Cities Burns Night Supper 25th January 2020

   ... as the national poet of Scotland, Burns Day and Burns Night on 25th January is celebrated in Scotland and worldwide.  As part ... Sister Cities in North Carolina, USA are hosting a Burns Night Supper charity event to be held Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the Country ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Jan 8 2020 - 12:55pm

6. Nuclear Polluters like 'Thieves in the Night'

   ... article points out the polluters came like ‘thieves in the night’ to lay the first carpet of nuclear filth of Penarth, Wales. ...

   Alastair Kneale - Mar 5 2019 - 2:03pm

7. Looking at Scotland's night sky through the canopy of "The Enchanted Forest"

   Douglas MacQueen's blog ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Oct 3 2019 - 7:05pm

8. Isle of Man: Mollag Ghennal - A Fun Night Out During the Festive Season!

   Valerie Caine's blog ...

   Valerie Caine - Dec 9 2014 - 9:17pm - 0 comments

9. "Er yn Oie Nollick" - "On Christmas Night"

   Alastair Kneale's blog ...

   Alastair Kneale - Nov 14 2018 - 2:00pm

10. Ankou: Breton Halloween Story

    The night's celebration of Kala Goany (the Celtic festival of Halloween) had been good. A walk home on this crisp autumn night on the ... of things, dressing in costumes and of course, it being Halloween, the more gaudy and macabre the outfit the better. Midnight had ...

    Dominique Corolleur - Feb 4 2017 - 5:25pm

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