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Laa Luanys

Tradition
1 August
Also known as: Laa Luanys

Lammas, 1 August. The people climbed to the highest hills and visited the sacred wells. Probably originally associated with the Celtic god Lug, who in Manx tradition had been brought up at the court of Manannan. Another point in the ritual year where the Christian calendar and something older converged without contradiction.

Custom / Calendar

Sources

  • Moore, Folk-lore (1891), Ch. VII
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