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[N/A-Greengo]

High School Yummies polyploidal cola top..

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Tis' the Irish in'me​

That wants to celebrate the solstice. I come by it naturally. Share this history with me.

When The Sun Stands Still​

The winter solstice was one of the most important celebrations in the pre-Christian world. All over the Northern Hemisphere, ancient festivals marked the shortest days of the year when the sun appeared to “stand still.” Solstice is from the Latin sōl-stitium, meaning Sun stop or Sun still. The word in Irish has the same meaning, grianstad (GREE-un-stad), which translates as sun stop.

A Celebration Older Than The Celts​

Several of these solstice festivals have survived to this day, while others have been incorporated into modern-day celebrations. We know the winter solstice has been marked in Ireland for at least 5,000 years! We know how to party!

The spectacular Síd in Broga cairn at Newgrange, Co Meath, was built around 3,200 BC, with its entrance in precise alignment with the rising sun over the solstice each winter. This imposing and mysterious monument is a testament to the importance of this time of year for the ancient people of Ireland. We knew shit!

A Battle for the Light​

This monument continued to be of importance for different people hundreds and even thousands of years later. Newgrange is our modern name for the site, but in Celtic mythology it was known as An Brug, the house or dwelling of the Tuatha De Danann.
This mythical race lived in the “Other World” underneath our feet. According to myth, the solstice marked a great battle each year between the Oak King, who represented the light, and the Holly King, who represented the dark. Each year, the Oak King would finish victorious at the winter solstice, and daylight would slowly return to the island until it was time to do battle again at the summer solstice.

Christmas​

Feasting, time with friends and family, gathering around the fire burning Yule logs, and decorating with holly and mistletoe: these traditions trace their roots back to Celtic winter solstice traditions. They have all been incorporated into our modern-day Christmas traditions, itself a mid-winter celebration.

Then AFN had "Festivus" a festival for the rest of us. The spirit of Festivus is all but dead.

Well here is some thing to get high and look at. Happy solstice All!

That would be me tryin' to do an Irish Jig

edited from this site:

The Winter Solstice: Irish and Celtic Traditions, Newgrange

An event that is marked in many cultures. The Winter solstice has a long history in Ireland with many fascinating, lost traditions.

www.myirishjeweler.com

 

[KingRatt]

High School Yummies polyploidal cola top..



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Im glad she made it!! Some of those just get too thick for their own good! If youre lucky some of that polyploidal goodness will show up in the potency too!

 

[Lil Dab]

i'd much rather see picz of the steakz....hmph ppp

They are frozen but here ya go have fun

 

[KingRatt]

They are frozen but here ya go have fun

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Mmmmmm cardboard

 

[Lil Dab]

 

[420Forever]

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mmmmmmm, chopped up coagulated cardboard ppp

 

[JP1]

LED dog collars

 

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[N/A-Greengo]

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