XPost: soc.culture.irish, alt.religion.druid   
   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh "Luke" :   
   >   
   >Féachadóir wrote:   
   >> Scríobh "Sidheseeker" :   
   >> >Since Oct. 31st  is the date set for All Hallow's Eve   
   >> >by the church.. I was just thinking.. some time ago   
   >> >I read somewhere that prior ro rhat.. ir fell on rhe   
   >> >second full moon after the summer solstice..   
   >> >(and no.. I'm not going to look for the reference..)   
   >> >any other ideas..?   
   >>   
   >> Its a cross quarter day, halfway between equinox and solstice.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> 'Donegal:  Up Here It's Different'   
   >> © Féachadóir   
   >   
   >Well, that's not exactly true. It is acceptable as an abstraction.   
   >Halloween was a cultural event not a liturgical one.   
      
   It depends on the timeframe you have in mind. It certainly had a   
   religious significance in pre-Christian Ireland.   
      
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   'Donegal:  Up Here It's Different'   
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