XPost: soc.culture.irish, alt.religion.druid   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:20:26 +1200, Post.Post.Colonial.Boy   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 23 Aug 2006 02:10:10 -0700, "Luke"    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>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.   
   >   
   >No-one has claimed that the celebration of Samhain was, in any way   
   >shape or form, Christian...   
   >   
   >Halloween is the modern American continuation of the ancient   
   >pre-Christian religion of the Celtic people.   
   >   
   American?   
      
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