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June 24th: It is the Feast of the Holy Fairies in the western Carpathian Mountains today
It is the Feast of the Holy Fairies in the western Carpathian Mountains today. Lovely maidens gather Yellow Bedstraw in the fields and...
— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) June 24, 2013
...braid it into crowns. While the plainer girls look on they thrown their crown at their houses, then jump over a bonfire and make...
— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) June 24, 2013
...extra-strong love potions. The fairies then dance around blessing crops but if they encounter any men they drive them mad and maim them.
— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) June 24, 2013
@RevRichardColes in Lithuania on St John's Day, women braid crowns of flowers, wade into rivers and throw them in to predict year ahead
— Alex A-W (@AlexAshWalms) June 24, 2013
@RevRichardColes Christianity came v late to Lithuania (1387). Still lots of pagan traditions now incorporated into Christian festivals.
— Alex A-W (@AlexAshWalms) June 24, 2013
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