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Lammas

2 August
Lammas

Lammas. © Ilona / pixabay.com / 2016 / CC0 1.0

Lammas is observed on the 2nd of August.

It is an Irish holiday that follows the day after Lughnasadh.

While Lughnasadh was merry-making, on Lammas thanks would be given for the coming grain harvest by prayers and offerings of bread. Loaves of bread, including a Lammas Bannock, would be made on this morning from the new grain.

The day is more of a Christian tradition superimposed on the pagan one of Lughnasadh.

Fairs would sometimes be held on the day following Lammas.

The word “lammas” is presumed by some to be a contraction of “loaf mass.”

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Lammas Fair in St Andrews, Scotland (2007)

Lammas Fair in St Andrews, Scotland (2007). © Sandy Gemmill / http://www.geograph.org.uk / 2007 / CC BY-SA 2.0

This page first published: Aug 19, 2004 · Updated: Jul 25, 2021.

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