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What is the Lammas Festival?
Every year on 1st August, modern Pagans, Wiccans and others with an interest in seasonal traditions celebrate Lammas, an ancient harvest festival with roots in Anglo-Saxon England and connections to the Gaelic festival of Lughnasadh. Yet many people have never heard of it. Lammas was once an important day in the English agricultural calendar. It…
Thomas Thistlewood’s Diary
Writing a book about Jamaica in the 1760s was fascinating, and often horrifying, to research. I wanted to share some of the books I referenced to capture vital information about the period. My research fell into these categories: The general history of the time The specific historical circumstances of slavery in the West Indies during…