Samhain Party

After much discussion and consideration, we've decided on the theme of this year's Samhain Fancy Dress Party.

It'll be Myth & Legend (including Gods and Goddesses for those who fancied redoing the Deity Do).

So now you know!

Feel free to get as creative as you like deciding on your costumes!

Love,
Sara

Linda's Book - plug plug

Linda Sever has a book coming out soon which sounds really interesting.

It's called:

Lancashire's Sacred Landscape: From Prehistory to the Viking Age
Edited by Linda Sever.

It includes a gazetteer of prehistoric sites in Lancashire, a list of pre-Christian place-names and their meanings (this chapter is by Sara Vernon, who did a talk on this subject at the Moot prior to completing this chapter), information on Anglo Saxon and Viking age stone sculptures, and where to find them - and a tour of local fairy and boggart sites. Other contributors include Nick Ford (Ribchester), Aidan Turner-Bishop (Fairy and Boggart Sites), John Lamb (Gazetteer of Prehistoric Sites), Heather Rawlin-Cushing and Derek Berryman (Norse Myths in Stone)

Please email the publishers to find out when the book is coming out - Linda says that the more people mither them about it, the sooner it will be published. You can get in touch with them at sales@thehistorypress.co.uk

If you want to know anything else about the book, you can get in touch with Linda at lsever@uclan.ac.uk

August Announcements

Hi all and thanks to Linda (hotfoot from Greymare camp) for a most informative look at North European goddesses last night. We learned, we shared, we made cheesy statements on the blog!
King Puck didn't cause much trouble either, apart from hiding Spiky's Blackberry.

Announcing!

Anyway - to the announcements. The next two Moots go something like this:
Tues 9th Sept: We will be treated to a fascinating-sounding talk by Bridget entitled Weird Gender Magick Shit (I kid you not!)
Tues 14th Oct: Our own hostess, Sara will be leading us in an evening of candle decorating.

And there's more. Lots more in fact (with thanks to Womble for most of 'em)

For those who like a bit of a fiddle (ooer, missus!) there's a local folk night every Friday at the Full Circle Folk Club, Parkside Hotel, Prestwich. Here's a link so the pub can be found.

On Fri 22nd August there will be a music night at The Coven in Wigan. There's a £5 charge for this but it all goes to charity.

On Sat and Sun 23rd and 24th August Saddleworth will hold its annual, ancient and traditional Rushcart Festival. Morris Men, ale and gurning - what more could one need?

Tues 26th August has the Chorley Moot at the Sir Henry Tate Pub. No more details than that I'm afraid, but there's an email address on this page.

And now we come to ARA! (This is favouritism on my part but, frankly I'm writing this stuff when good boys ought to be in bed, so I don't care! Nah nah ne nah nah!)
On Friday 29th August we are planning a glamorous night of gothing-it-up at ARA and anyone who wants to join us would be most welcome. It's possibly the coolest night out ever and they don't even preach at you at all! All the details can be found at ARA's site.

And into September. . .
Monday 1st has it's usual clash of Moots. The Bolton Moot, at the Hen & Chickens, really needs some support; but at the same time the Manchester Pagan Wheel (Waldorf Hotel, Gore St) has a talk on Witchcraft and Wicca by none other than the Wigan Wiccan and High Priestess Extraordinaire herself, Joan Withington. Hell, you decide!

Looking ahead.

Okay, these are after the next Moot, but forewarned is forearmed. So. . .

Our annual Bramble Ramble will be held on Sat 13th Sep this year. Previously we've had a lunchtime do but this year we're trying a change. We're going to meet up at our house at 3pm and walk to Springwater Park in Whitefield - picking as we go - for a tea-time picnic. After which, we'll head back home for drinks and nibbles in the evening. Kids and well-behaved animals (even Spike!) welcome.
Wear good shoes, it's quite a long walk!

On the evening of Sat 20th Sep, our lovely pals Daniel (Astral Pilgrim) and Helen (Audio Pixie) will be holding an Equinox party. The theme is "come as you were", so if you can still fit into that sartorial faux pas from 1986 you're sorted! For further details contact Daniel through his blog with your own email address.

Lastly (phew!)

If anybody has a suggestion for this years Samhain Fancy-Dress Party, we'd love to hear it. One year I'm going to get my own way and have a skyclad evening - unless YOU can do something about it!

That's it. I'm knackered now!

Love,
Seán