August 1st: Lughnasadh Potluck Feast and Blessing
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The farmer's market here in Taos is suddenly overflowing this week with the arrival of all the summer produce we've been waiting for. The piles of greens and radishes are rapidly making way for tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant; even corn and green chile have appeared(which is unusually early). The beginning of harvest season is viscerally upon us here in Northern New Mexico.
Lughnasadh (Lughnasa or Lúnasa) is a Celtic Gaelic festival celebrating the beginning of the harvest season with markets & feasting. Historically, it would have been observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man; in Wales it would be called Gwŷl Awst.
It’s traditionally celebrated on August 1 - a cross-quarter day halfway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. (During the colonization of Celtic homelands, as the Catholic Church began appropriating traditional Celtic holy days into its calendar, they renamed it as “Lammas.”)
At Crone & Crow, we’ll be celebrating this first harvest of Northern New Mexican food by hosting a potluck feast & blessing. We encourage you to join us and share this celebration with our growing community of witches, pagans, and folk practitioners.
With love and blessings,
Crone & Crow
What to Expect
What: Lughnasadh Potluck Feast and Blessing
Where: Crone & Crow 108 A Civic Plaza Drive, Taos
When: August 1st 6pm-8ish (or whenever we want to go home)
Bring a potluck dish or drink to share if you can. If you can't bring yourself and maybe help us take out the trash at the end :) We'll start with a blessing for each other, for the harvest, and for the community. Then we will feast!