Let’s just call today a homage, a modern interpretation if you will, a fudge. Because almost nothing about my stagpag was either stag or pag. …
10 November 2020 – Martinmas Eve
Firstly, apologies. My website has been up and down like a pixie on a pogo stick since early evening yesterday. So if you tried and…
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28 September 2020 – Michaelmas Eve
There’s no getting round my serious lack of commitment this Michaelmas Eve. Oh, I made a struan Micheil after 8hrs hunched over my computer. And…
15 August 2020 – Marymass
Woke up to the first fog I’ve seen this August, so that’s at least one bout of snow we can look forward to. The day…
11 August 2020 – Old Lammas Eve
Today is Old Lammas Eve, and on Old Lammas Eve there is a Scottish tradition of raiding rowan trees for their branches, twisting them into…
6 April 2020 – Old Style Lady Day
Today I’ve had my fingers in quite a few folklore pies (and eaten quite a lot of leftover fig pudding), so with apologies in advance,…
28 January 2020 – Up Helly Aa
As today is the last Tuesday of January, it’s the Up Helly Aa fire festival in Lerwick. And it’s days like these I wish Sussex…