Samhain – Water Geocoin
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jojorox
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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Samain or Samuin was the name of the feis or festival marking the beginning of winter in Gaelic Ireland. It is attested in some of the earliest Old Irish literature, from the 10th century onward. It was one of four Gaelic seasonal festivals: Samhain (~1 November), Imbolc (~1 February), Beltane (~1 May) and Lughnasadh (~1 August). Samhain and Beltane, at the witherward side of the year from each other, are thought to have been the most important. Sir James George Frazer wrote in The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion that 1 May and 1 November are of little importance to European crop-growers, but of great importance to herdsmen. It is at the beginning of summer that cattle is driven to the upland summer pastures and the beginning of winter that they are led back. Thus, Frazer suggests that halving the year at 1 May and 1 November dates from a time when the Celts were mainly a pastoral people, dependent on their herds. In medieval Ireland the festival marked the end of the season for trade and warfare and was an ideal date for tribal gatherings. These gatherings are a popular setting for early Irish tales.
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jojorox took it to H.I.T.W - RAILWAY
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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jojorox took it to bandybox
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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jojorox took it to Steeple Bumpstead Circular 6
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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jojorox took it to Airbase Ramble
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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jojorox took it to Ding Dong Bonus
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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jojorox took it to Ding Dong #5: Making Hay
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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jojorox took it to Ding Dong #4: Blackberry Crumble
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
- .27 miles
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jojorox took it to Ding Dong #3: Maiden Ley
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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jojorox took it to Ding Dong #2: Secret Lake
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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jojorox took it to Ding Dong #1: Castle View
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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