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Mabon Mystery Cache

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Royal Oak: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it. It is not normal to unarchive a cache, which has been archived due to a lack of maintenance.

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Hidden : 9/26/2018
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Mabon:
 

The eight Sabbats each mark an important point in nature’s natural cycles. They are depicted as eight evenly spaced spokes on a wheel representing the year as a whole.

Mabon is the second of three Pagan harvest festivals which is celebrated around the time of the Autumn Equinox in September.

It is the time of the main harvest festival, a time for reaping all that has been sown throughout the year. In days gone by, the harvest festivals didn’t just celebrate the finished work for the season, but the capacity to survive the winter.

John Barleycorn is a British folk song that teaches – in a dark-humoured way – the process of cereal grain harvest. Barleycorn himself symbolises the harvested vegetation. He acts as a symbol of the dying god and the ritual scapegoat at the same time.

The Autumn Equinox is also a time of balance, a time when the hours of day a night are equal. It is the time to start making preparations for winter, a time for apple picking or making corn dollies and scarecrows.

 

The wheel of the year:

 

Puzzle:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates - if you go there you will get wet...

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fbyir gur chmmyr gb erirny gur uvag!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)