At Lughnasadh the first fruits of the harvest were cut down and offered to the gods. Celebration circular dances were performed in which the chiefs of the tribes wore horned headpiecesnin honour of hunting and physical prowess, and corncakes were baked in the shape of the corn king, Bel, who was treated as a sacrificial god and eaten. The autumn festival was one of plenty and prosperity, of celebration of the fruits of the earth and its bounty. It was also a time when alliances were arranged and marriages contracted. There was also a Celtic system in which a trial marriage could be entered into at Lughnasadh, and if the union proved unhappy, the contract could be dissolved at Beltain.From: The Celtic Book of Seasonal Meditations, by Claire Hamilton, 2002.
Almond, moong and adzuki beans.
Moong dahl with homemade besan (chickpea flour) chapati.
Fresh fenugreek and chickweed salad greens.
Home harvested kale, kohlrabi, and rainbow chard.
A Lincolnshire harvest.
Peace restored.
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