Sabbats and Esbats
| The Great Festivals, or Sabbats |
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Samhain / Hallowe'en / All Hallow's Eve |
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October 31 |
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Candlemas/ Lady Day |
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February 2 |
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Beltane / May Eve |
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May 1 |
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August 1 |
| The Lesser Festivals, or Sabbats |
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Spring Equinox / The Rite for Spring |
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First Day of Spring |
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Midsummer / Summer Solstice |
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First Day of Summer |
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Fall Equinox / The Rite for Fall |
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First Day of Fall |
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Yule / Winter Solstice |
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First Day of Winter or
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| The Esbats |
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At Each Full Moon 
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Lammas/ August Eve/ Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh represents the funeral of Lugh (pronounced Loo). It refers to the period after the death of Lugh, or the Sun God.
This day originally coincided with the first reapings of the harvest. It was known as the time when the plants of spring wither and drop their fruits or seeds for our use as well as to ensure future crops.
As autumn begins, the Sun God enters his old age, but is not yet dead. The God symbolically loses some of his strength as the Sun rises farther in the South each day and the nights grow longer.
The Christian religion adopted this theme and called it 'Lammas', meaning 'loaf-mass', a time when newly baked loaves of bread are placed on the altar. An alternative date around August 5 (Old Lammas), when the sun reaches 15 degrees Leo, is sometimes employed by Covens.
Traditional Foods: Apples, Grains, Breads and Berries.
Herbs and Flowers: All Grains, Grapes, Heather, Blackberries, Aloe, Crab Apples, Pears.
Incense: Aloes, Rose, Sandalwood.
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