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fallbabylon · 11 months
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Examples of Hooden Horses and Mari Lwyd’s at Maidstone Museum’s Animal Guising exhibition- Maidstone, UK 
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cycas · 3 months
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Since Tumblr embraces the Mari Lwyd, I thought you might enjoy some photos of some of her Cornish relatives the 'Obby Osses at the revival Montol festival.
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phoenixpyres · 1 year
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Mari Lwyd and ‘Obby ‘Oss Met upon a river’s cross, There they stood and bowed their heads Of ivory and hallowed dread. ‘Oss then straightened and declared We aren’t so different, ghostly Mare. Celtic songs and Pagan dance Join us here, so we might prance. The crooked coast is long, but one And roots run deep where we begun; The wind that blows from mountains tall Caress wild heaths of proud Cornwall. Golden hills and craggy moor; Bracken kissed below the tor. Rivers running in our veins Harken back to mountain rain. Pebbled inlets and golden shores Lapped by waters swam before, Footprints swept into the sea Ghost beaches where we’ll never be And up beyond the cliff’s embrace The beaten trails interlace. Winter shapes a rugged maw, Summer leaves us wanting more, Waiting for the Solstice day, When we both dance to light a way. The moonlight dancing in your eye, Is that which graces my own sky And if you look upon the stars That sky of yours is also ours. Mari Lwyd then turned and said; “Through Celtic love we both are wed. Though many hundreds of miles apart, We’re coast to coast and heart to heart”.
​Been a while since I did some poetry but this one came to me last night when I couldn't sleep. Thinking of my Celtic connections.
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Lil Pumpkin is visiting the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic!
In Boscastle, in Cornwall, England.
This is photo number 157 of 365.
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danielkellymusic · 11 months
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skylordhorus · 2 years
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*stares intensely at the pokemon art style so i can try and muster the skill to make some (galar i guess) fakemon*
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fumblingmusings · 4 months
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England and Wales and their weird horse spirits going out of their way to upset Scotland. Obby osses and Mari Lwyd and Penglaz.
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Like they're harmless and just want a wee drinkie at the local pub but honestly? Horrifying.
Scotland thinks he's tough shit with Kelpies as his own resident horse nightmare fuel but really we all know he loves his Unicorns.
Each Christmas, Wales comes around and places Mari on the mantelpiece, and then in Midsummer Arthur drunkenly crashes in with Penglaz and suddenly the spirits that trick children to climb on their backs and ride out to the water to drown them doesn't look so bad in comparison.
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cowardlysimon · 2 months
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Thanks to my friend @a-random-khajiit for helping me build Jon/es/y's stomach so I could make this
And thanks for the idea of turning this into an obby lmao
Also. Creating The Slurp Room.
anyways look at B/ee/f B/oss and t/omat/ohead watching the sunset :3
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hochgouez-nerzhus · 2 years
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Festival, ceremony of Belotennia
(Beltaine, Bealtaine, Beltane or Beilteine)
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The Sacred Union
It is the third of the four major religious festivals of the Celtic year. It is attested in Ireland but also in Gaul.
It marks the end of the dark season and the beginning of the light season.
It is also called: May Day, May Eve, Roodmas, Walpurgis Night, Cethsamhain, Whitsun or Old Bhealltainn, Bealtinne, Walburga, Celtic Summer…
Unlike Samain, Belotennia, the festival of fire and light, is a purely priestly festival.
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The Sacred Union of Belenos and Belisama
Bel means "shining" but certainly refers to Belenos and Belisama, the shining couple of the Gallic Gods. Both represent youth, the sun and fire. Teine means "fire".
In fact, we are in the presence of a ritual feast in honor of the renewal of the radiant light, the victory of the day. Bel's fires were considered extremely beneficial and indeed it was the custom in Ireland to pass herds of cattle between two fires so that they were protected from pests all year round and could be taken out to graze in the meadows.
We are entering the clear part of the year which will last until Samhain. It is also thought that the Celts must have celebrated Belotennia when the hawthorn first bloomed or when the full moon in May.
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Queen of the may the Enchanting Hawthorn
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Abbots Bromley - Horn Dance with Obby Oss caller ( Hobby Horse )
Belotennia in fact marks a break in the year, we pass from the dark season to the clear, bright season, it is also a change of life since it is the opening of daytime activities: resumption of hunting, war, conquests for warriors, beginning of agricultural and rural work for farmers and breeders. It is the beginning of the Celtic summer.
Belotennia is the favorite period for rites of passage between cold and hot periods, between darkness and light, between symbolic psychic death and spiritual rebirth.
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Flower crown - Link how to make one
The tradition is that we get up with the sun to pick flowers, green branches to serve as ritual decoration or to adorn ourselves.
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People were dancing to celebrate the return of the sun, of fertile and living nature, of fulfilled hopes etc. They also walked around with torches to encourage the sun to continue its ascent by warming the Earth.
In Europe, before May 1st became Labor Day, it was customary to plant a tree on May 1st as a symbol of prosperity.
In ancient times in England, Maypoles were planted in Mother Earth as a phallic symbol celebrating the union of Goddess and God.
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The maypole was a communal pine that had been decorated at the winter solstice and had lost most of its branches at that time of year. Red and white ribbons were hung there (you could also put flowers, garlands of plants, etc.). Indeed, red can represent the Sun God or the Goddess in her Woman-Mother aspect (blood/periods/loss of virginity/childbirth) and White the Virgin Goddess.
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Goddess Rhiannon as maypole Under a brilliant Beltane sun, Rhiannon, goddess of sensuality becomes the May pole, fertile union of red and white, surrounded by the spirits of the May blossom. Behind her is the Uffington White Horse, emblem of Her sacred animal.
Participants took a ribbon (red for men and white for women) and danced around the pole. The ribbons thus wove a sort of symbolic birth canal surrounding the phallic pole. The whole being the emblem of the Union of God and Goddess.
It is therefore also a fertility festival highlighting the rebirth of nature that becomes evident. This is therefore the traditional time of pagan marriage.
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Pagan marriage- handfasting
It is finally a magical moment which, like Samain, sees the veil between the worlds rise to allow us to meet the Little People and facilitate entry into modified states of consciousness.
Druides OTHA
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maypoleman1 · 11 months
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1st May
May Day
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Source: The Grooms List website
Today is May Day, the historical Beltane. It is the day that the border between the mortal realm and that of Faerie is at its most porous and the risk of humans desirable to the faeries for whatever reason, being abducted and spirited away to their enchanted domain, is high. Traditions of wearing May Day garlands remain very strong, symbolic of the returning colourful foliage of summer. The most visible example of garlanding is that of Jack-in- the-Green, a pre-Christian embodiment of the forest and the return of spring, he features in many of the May Day parades that take place today in the villages of England. Another May Day parade figure with similar pagan origins is the ‘Obby ‘Oss of Padstow, a wooden, snapping hobby horse surrounded by an immense veil. If the ‘Oss envelops a young woman in its folds it is certain she will become pregnant in the coming year, perhaps a nod to its horse-god fertility origins.
Maypoles are perhaps the quintessential symbol of May Day festivities. Their origin is supposed to lie in the erection of huge phallic constructions in pre-Celtic times to symbolise the fertility of spring’s transition into summer. There is actually no evidence for this interpretation, but the Puritan government of the Commonwealth certainly believed it. In the 1650s May Day celebrations were banned across England and Maypoles were torn down. It is possible the poles are a remembrance of Anglo-Saxon and Norse sacred trees and the fact young women process around them may hint at a fertility origin - or that may be a more recent innovation. The Catholic Church embraced the festival, dedicating May Day to the Virgin Mary, itself perhaps a repurposing of pagan celebrations of nature goddesses, of which the tradition of the crowning of May Queens on 1st May is perhaps a distant echo.
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heathergorse · 2 years
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Beltane is here
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Beltane arrives tomorrow*; its one of the best known of the stops on the wheel of the year and its also one of the most celebrated. May Queens, Maypoles, dancers, Obby Osses, its got a wealth of celebrations and associations, not even counting the specific intentional rituals that some will participate in.
Now, I happen to think that there's huge value in simply noticing the turning wheel of the year and that the 8 spokes of the wheel are fantastic ways to do that. When we stop and pay attention to those moments, we allow ourselves to participate, to feel a part of something larger, something absolutely beyond our control and that is an enchantment in itself. The wheel will turn whether we want it to or not; acknowledging that is already taking a step into a wider world.
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Enchantment is everywhere tomorrow, but what if rituals and crowds aren't your thing? What if you live somewhere where no one is interested in it being Beltane? Here's some things that you can do to mark the moment on the wheel for yourself.
Be up early enough to watch the sunrise! This can be a big ask, I know, but if you can manage it, its worthwhile. The growing light, the birdsong, a world lacking in human made noise and it feels like you're the only one alive. Its special.
Don't do early? Just get outside at some point during the day, close your eyes, turn your face to the sun and let it flood you. Be grateful for its warmth and light. Feel it filling you.
Find some safe, green ground. Take your shoes off. Walk around barefoot. Feel your direct connection to the earth.
Find some flowers and simply watch them for a while; you don't need to be able to identify them, just appreciate them! Enjoy the varied shapes and colours and the other lives they make possible as bees and other insects visit.
Spend some time in a wild area. Better still, do some forest bathing. Take the time to let the spirit of the place surround you and sink into you.
Do you have a favourite tree? No? Now is the perfect time to pick one! Picking a favourite tree helps to ground you in a place and its land, you can observe and follow how it changes with the wheel of the year. It will become a part of you, a spirit tree. If you have a favourite already, spend some time up close with it today, touch it, feel it beneath your hands.
Do something creative that you normally do inside, but outside. Write, draw, play an instrument, post to your blog. Do it outside and notice how different it can feel to do that.
Just do something you love doing, but do it outside. Beltane really marks the start of the outside times, its about celebrating and acknowledging and welcoming all the good things that the outside months bring. Marking that will connect you to the wheel of the year.
You don't have to believe in anything specific to mark reaching Beltane in the wheel of the year; the wheel doesn't need anyone to believe in it to happen, it'll just keep on turning and happen anyway, that's part of the joy of it. It connects you to the earth and the heavens and what they're doing, it connects you to a moment that will never come again - there's only one Beltane on this trip around the sun! Acknowledging that there is something bigger than ourselves happening is definitely enchanting but also empowering.
There are lots of different rituals and ceremonies, solo or in groups, that are used to mark Beltane and you can be a part of too - but its not in any way required. You can simply use one of the ways above to mark the day, or come up with your own. The important thing is to be open to the enchantment that happens when you connect, so go and do it and enjoy your Beltane this year!
*Technically it arrives with the moon rise tonight, but seeing as its a new moon tonight (the black moon, when you get 2 new moons in a month) AND there's a lunar eclipse tonight, then she won't be visible at all, so there's not much enchantment to be found in looking at something you can't see in a dark sky!
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fallbabylon · 6 months
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The 'Obby 'Oss festival is a folk custom that takes place each 1st of May in Padstow, a coastal town in North Cornwall. It involves two separate processions around the town, each containing an eponymous hobby horse known as the 'Obby 'Oss. outside of this date, effigies of the 'Obby 'Oss can still be found adorning the Oss' "stables", the Blue Ribbon 'Oss having its own pale ale. Two rare porcelain 'Obby 'Oss' created by an unknown artist are from my collection.
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huiyitan · 11 months
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Padstow May Day 2023 and the Blue Ribbon Obby Oss
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brookston · 11 months
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Holidays 5.1
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Agriculture Day (Haiti)
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Amtrak Day
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CSS Reboot Day
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Frequent Flyer Day
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Garland Dressing (UK)
Global Developmental Delay Awareness Day
Global Love Day
Go Fetch! National Food Drive For Animals
Great Lakes Awareness Day
Gujarat/Maharashtra Day (India)
Half-O-Ween
Hobby Horse Parade (a.k.a. ‘Obby ‘Oss; Cornwall, UK)
International Dawn Chorus
International Day of the Podenco
International Doodle Dog Day
International Jockstrap Day
International Mesh Awareness Day
International Samoyed Day
International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day
International Victims of Communism Day
International Workers’ Day
Iodized Salt Day
Kallemooi (The Netherlands)
Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day
Keep Pounding Day
Kevadpuha (Spring Day; Estonia)
Lei Day (Hawaii)
Loyalty Day
Maharashtra Day (Gujarat, Maharashtra; India)
Marvin Gaye Day (Washington, D.C.)
Masonic Awareness Day
Mati-Syra-Zemlya Pregnancy Day (Mati-Syra-Zemlya, Slavic Goddess of the Earth)
Mother Goose Day
Moving Day (Colonial New York City)
National Black Barber Shop Appreciation Day
National Blessing Day
National Bubba Day
National College Decision Day (a.k.a. College Signing Day)
National Dance Day
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
National Fitness Day
National Heatstroke Prevention Day
National High Potassium Awareness Day
National Infertility Survival Day
National Love Day (Prague, Czech Republic)
National Mantra Day
National Pole Dance Day (UK)
National Purebred Dog Day
National Show Your Smile Day
National Silver Star Banner Day
National Start Seeing Monarchs Day [1st Saturday]
New Homeowner's Day
’Obby ‘Oss Parade (Padstow, Cornwall, England)
Pack Rag Day
Patient Empathy Day
Phone in Sick Day
Plant A Flower Day
Play of Saint Evermaar (Belgium)
Repentance Day (Scotland)
Riding of the Bounds (Berwick-upon-Tweed, England)
Rite of Vigyld (Elder Scrolls)
Santacruzan (Philippine Girls' Festival)
Save the Rhino Day
School Principals’ Day
Silver Star Day
Skyscraper Day
Spring Astronomy Day [Saturday at or before 1st Qtr Moon]
Staffordshire Day (UK)
Stepmother’s Day
Tammany’s Day
Therapeutic Massage Awareness Day
Traditional Fertility Festival
Unity Day (Kazakhstan)
Walpurgis Night (Central & Northern Europe)
White Rabbit Day
World Lyme Day
World Naked Gardening Day
World Push-Up Day
Worthy Wage Day
Zuni Green Corn Dance
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Day
Cheerios Day
Chocolate Parfait Day
Louisiana Breakfast Dressing Day
Mild Ale Day
National Rotate Your Beer Day
World Sauternes Day
First Monday in May
Great Lakes Awareness Day [Monday of 1st Full Week]
Labour Day Holiday (Many Counties outside North America) [1st Monday]
Melanoma Monday [1st Monday]
National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day [Monday of 1st Full Week]
Open Farm Day (Ireland) [1st Monday]
School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day [1st Monday]
Independence Days
BlueSkies (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]
De Witt (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Fellovia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Kingdom of Nána (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]
Royal reformed States of America (a.k.a. RrSA; Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]
Scotland (from England, 1328)
Yeblon (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Acheolus (Christian; Saint)
Acius (Christian; Saint)
Amator, Bishop of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)
Andeolus (Christian; Saint)
Asaph, Bishop of Llanewy, in North Wales (Christian; Saint)
Augustin Schoeffler, Jean-Louis Bonnard (Christian; Part of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Benedict of Szkalka (Christian; Saint)
Brioc (a.k.a. Briocus of Wales; Christian; Saint)
Catherine the Great Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Efisio (Christian; Saint)
Festa Del Serpari (Procession of the Snake Catchers; Italy)
Festival of the Hare
Floria (Goddess of Flowers; Old Roman)
James the Less (Anglican Communion)
Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)
Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Marcouf (a.k.a. Marcon, Abbot of Nanteu, in Normandy; Christian; Saint)
Maya Monster (Muppetism)
May Day [1st Day of Summer in Many Traditions] (a.k.a. …
Araw ng Manggagawa (Philippines)
Beltane, Day 2 (Celtic, Pagan) [3 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]
Beltane (Northern Hemisphere)
Calan Mai (Wales)
Dag van de arbeid (Suriname)
Darba Svetki (Latvia)
Den na Trudot (Macedonia)
Día Internacional de los Trabajadores (Cuba)
Dia Mundial do Trabalho (Brazil)
Dita Ndërkombëtare e Punës (International Labor Day; Albania, Estonia)
Fiesta del Trabajo (Spain)
Första maj (Sweden)
Jum il-Haddiem (Malta)
Kevadpüha (Estonia)
Labour Day (everywhere but U.S., Canada & Bermuda)
Law Day (US)
Majdoor Divas (Nepal)
Praznik Rada (Croatia, Serbia)
Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
Staatsfeiertag (Austria)
Swieta Panstwowe (Poland)
Vappu (Finland)
Workers’ Day (Ghana)
Ziua Muncii (România)
No Pants Day (Pastafarian)
Peregrine Laziosi (Christian; Saint)
Philip (Positivist; Saint)
Philip the Apostle (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)
Race of the Old Men Day (Ancient Greece)
Richard Pampuri (Christian; Saint)
Rodonitsa (Feast to the Ancestors; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)
Sigismund of Burgundy (Christian; Saint)
Something in the Air, by Thunderclap Newman (Song; 1969)
Tamenend (Christian; Saint)
Ultan (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day (Philippines) [24 of 71]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Premieres
Ain’t We Got Fun (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)
Alice’s Wild West Show (Disney Cartoon; 1924)
All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac Mcarthy (Novel; 1992)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Film; 2015)
Battle for Terra (Animated Film; 2009)
Citizen Kane (Film; 1941)
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1866)
Crime on My Hands or Hickory Dickory Drop (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 46; 1960)
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1849)
Desk Set (Film; 1957)
Donald Gets Drafted (Disney Cartoon; 1942)
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, by Neil Young (Album; 1969)
Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett (Novel; 1978)
Fall Out, by The Police (Song; 1977)
Fever, recorded by Little Willie John (1956)
Foundation, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1942)
The Girl from Ipanema, by Antônio Carlos Jobim (Song; 1964)
Give ‘Em the Works or Rocky Around the Clock (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 45; 1960)
The Great Gatsby (Film; 2013)
The Hard Way, 10th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2006)
Hot Pursuit, by Stuart Woods (Novel; 2015)
The Inspector General, by Nikolai Gogol (Play; 1836)
I Walk the Line, by Johnny Cash (Song; 1956)
Legend, by Bob Marley and the Wailers (Album; 1984)
Les Misérables (Film; 1998)
Lonesome Road, recorded by Tommy Dorsey (Song; 1939)
The Lords of Flatbush (Film; 1974)
The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1786)
Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel; 1923) [3]
My Life as a Dog (Film; 1987)
No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre (Play; 1944)
No Parking Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)
Nothing But the Tooth (WB MM Cartoon; 1948)
Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1990) [Discworld #11]
The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro (Novel; 1989)
Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Novel; 1972)
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard, by Robert Wyatt (Album; 1975)
Quantum Solace, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1959)
The Secret Life of Plants, by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird (Book; 1974)
Small Gods, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1991) [Discworld #13]
Smoke on the Water, by Deep Purple (Song; 1973)
Snakes & Arrows, by Rush (Album; 2007)
Soul Music, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1994) [Discworld #16]
SpongeBob SquarePants (Animated TV Series; 1999)
The Strange Case of Peter the Lett, by Georges Simeon (Mystery Novel; 1931) [1st Maigret]
Survivor, by Destiny’ Child (Album; 2000)
Sweets from a Stranger, by Squeeze (Album; 1982)
Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2001) [Discworld #26]
The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2003) [Discworld #30]
White Fang, by Jack London (Novel; 1906)
The Wise Quacking Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1943)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Film; 2009)
Today’s Name Days
Josef, Staatsfeiertag (Austria)
Ermen, Ermena, Maya (Bulgaria)
Jeremija, Josip, Prokul, Sigmund (Croatia)
Svátek Práce (Czech Republic)
Jacob, Philip, Valborg (Denmark)
Valba, Valbe, Valli, Volber (Estonia)
Valpuri, Vappu (Finland)
Brieuc, Florine, Jérémie, Tamara (France)
Arnold, Berta, Josef (Germany)
Filosofos, Isidora, Jeremia, Tamara (Greece)
Fülöp, Jakab (Hungary)
Brunella, Efisio, Giuseppe (Italy)
Ziedīte, Ziedone, Ziedonis (Latvia)
Vydmantė, Zigmantas, Zigmas, Žilvinas (Lithuania)
Filip, Valborg (Norway)
Aniela, Filip, Jakub, Jeremi, Jeremiasz, Józef, Lubomir (Poland)
Ieremia (Romania)
Berta, Florinda, Jeremías, José (Spain)
Valborg (Sweden)
Jeremiah, Jeremy, Tamara (Ukraine)
Mae, May, Patience, Sigmund, Sigmunda (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 121 of 2024; 244 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 18 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 16 of 28]
Chinese: Month 3 (Bing-Chen), Day 12 (Ji-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 10 Iyar 5783
Islamic: 10 Shawwal 1444
J Cal: 30 Aqua; Nineday [30 of 30]
Julian: 18 April 2023
Moon: 83%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 9 Caesar (5th Month) [Philip]
Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 43 of 90)
Zodiac: Taurus (Day 12 of 30)
Calendar Changes
May (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 5 of 12]
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brookstonalmanac · 11 months
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Holidays 5.1
Holidays
Agriculture Day (Haiti)
Americanism Day (Pennsylvania)
Amtrak Day
Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
Armour Day (India)
Ayrton Senna Day
Batman Day
Calends of May (Ancient Rome)
Chimney Sweeps Day
Couple Appreciation Day
CSS Reboot Day
Dipping Day
Doctor’s Day (Canada)
Empire State Building Day
EuroMayDay
Exaltation of Ribeiro Wine (Spain)
Executive Coaching Day
501st Legion Day
First Responders Day (Ontario, Canada)
Frequent Flyer Day
Gambrinus’ Teufelstisch (Midnight Feast at the Devil’s Table; Germany)
Garland Dressing (UK)
Global Developmental Delay Awareness Day
Global Love Day
Go Fetch! National Food Drive For Animals
Great Lakes Awareness Day
Gujarat/Maharashtra Day (India)
Half-O-Ween
Hobby Horse Parade (a.k.a. ‘Obby ‘Oss; Cornwall, UK)
International Dawn Chorus
International Day of the Podenco
International Doodle Dog Day
International Jockstrap Day
International Mesh Awareness Day
International Samoyed Day
International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day
International Victims of Communism Day
International Workers’ Day
Iodized Salt Day
Kallemooi (The Netherlands)
Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day
Keep Pounding Day
Kevadpuha (Spring Day; Estonia)
Lei Day (Hawaii)
Loyalty Day
Maharashtra Day (Gujarat, Maharashtra; India)
Marvin Gaye Day (Washington, D.C.)
Masonic Awareness Day
Mati-Syra-Zemlya Pregnancy Day (Mati-Syra-Zemlya, Slavic Goddess of the Earth)
Mother Goose Day
Moving Day (Colonial New York City)
National Black Barber Shop Appreciation Day
National Blessing Day
National Bubba Day
National College Decision Day (a.k.a. College Signing Day)
National Dance Day
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
National Fitness Day
National Heatstroke Prevention Day
National High Potassium Awareness Day
National Infertility Survival Day
National Love Day (Prague, Czech Republic)
National Mantra Day
National Pole Dance Day (UK)
National Purebred Dog Day
National Show Your Smile Day
National Silver Star Banner Day
National Start Seeing Monarchs Day [1st Saturday]
New Homeowner's Day
’Obby ‘Oss Parade (Padstow, Cornwall, England)
Pack Rag Day
Patient Empathy Day
Phone in Sick Day
Plant A Flower Day
Play of Saint Evermaar (Belgium)
Repentance Day (Scotland)
Riding of the Bounds (Berwick-upon-Tweed, England)
Rite of Vigyld (Elder Scrolls)
Santacruzan (Philippine Girls' Festival)
Save the Rhino Day
School Principals’ Day
Silver Star Day
Skyscraper Day
Spring Astronomy Day [Saturday at or before 1st Qtr Moon]
Staffordshire Day (UK)
Stepmother’s Day
Tammany’s Day
Therapeutic Massage Awareness Day
Traditional Fertility Festival
Unity Day (Kazakhstan)
Walpurgis Night (Central & Northern Europe)
White Rabbit Day
World Lyme Day
World Naked Gardening Day
World Push-Up Day
Worthy Wage Day
Zuni Green Corn Dance
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Day
Cheerios Day
Chocolate Parfait Day
Louisiana Breakfast Dressing Day
Mild Ale Day
National Rotate Your Beer Day
World Sauternes Day
First Monday in May
Great Lakes Awareness Day [Monday of 1st Full Week]
Labour Day Holiday (Many Counties outside North America) [1st Monday]
Melanoma Monday [1st Monday]
National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day [Monday of 1st Full Week]
Open Farm Day (Ireland) [1st Monday]
School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day [1st Monday]
Independence Days
BlueSkies (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]
De Witt (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Fellovia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Kingdom of Nána (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]
Royal reformed States of America (a.k.a. RrSA; Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]
Scotland (from England, 1328)
Yeblon (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Acheolus (Christian; Saint)
Acius (Christian; Saint)
Amator, Bishop of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)
Andeolus (Christian; Saint)
Asaph, Bishop of Llanewy, in North Wales (Christian; Saint)
Augustin Schoeffler, Jean-Louis Bonnard (Christian; Part of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Benedict of Szkalka (Christian; Saint)
Brioc (a.k.a. Briocus of Wales; Christian; Saint)
Catherine the Great Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Efisio (Christian; Saint)
Festa Del Serpari (Procession of the Snake Catchers; Italy)
Festival of the Hare
Floria (Goddess of Flowers; Old Roman)
James the Less (Anglican Communion)
Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)
Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Marcouf (a.k.a. Marcon, Abbot of Nanteu, in Normandy; Christian; Saint)
Maya Monster (Muppetism)
May Day [1st Day of Summer in Many Traditions] (a.k.a. …
Araw ng Manggagawa (Philippines)
Beltane, Day 2 (Celtic, Pagan) [3 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]
Beltane (Northern Hemisphere)
Calan Mai (Wales)
Dag van de arbeid (Suriname)
Darba Svetki (Latvia)
Den na Trudot (Macedonia)
Día Internacional de los Trabajadores (Cuba)
Dia Mundial do Trabalho (Brazil)
Dita Ndërkombëtare e Punës (International Labor Day; Albania, Estonia)
Fiesta del Trabajo (Spain)
Första maj (Sweden)
Jum il-Haddiem (Malta)
Kevadpüha (Estonia)
Labour Day (everywhere but U.S., Canada & Bermuda)
Law Day (US)
Majdoor Divas (Nepal)
Praznik Rada (Croatia, Serbia)
Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
Staatsfeiertag (Austria)
Swieta Panstwowe (Poland)
Vappu (Finland)
Workers’ Day (Ghana)
Ziua Muncii (România)
No Pants Day (Pastafarian)
Peregrine Laziosi (Christian; Saint)
Philip (Positivist; Saint)
Philip the Apostle (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)
Race of the Old Men Day (Ancient Greece)
Richard Pampuri (Christian; Saint)
Rodonitsa (Feast to the Ancestors; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)
Sigismund of Burgundy (Christian; Saint)
Something in the Air, by Thunderclap Newman (Song; 1969)
Tamenend (Christian; Saint)
Ultan (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day (Philippines) [24 of 71]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Premieres
Ain’t We Got Fun (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)
Alice’s Wild West Show (Disney Cartoon; 1924)
All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac Mcarthy (Novel; 1992)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Film; 2015)
Battle for Terra (Animated Film; 2009)
Citizen Kane (Film; 1941)
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1866)
Crime on My Hands or Hickory Dickory Drop (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 46; 1960)
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1849)
Desk Set (Film; 1957)
Donald Gets Drafted (Disney Cartoon; 1942)
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, by Neil Young (Album; 1969)
Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett (Novel; 1978)
Fall Out, by The Police (Song; 1977)
Fever, recorded by Little Willie John (1956)
Foundation, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1942)
The Girl from Ipanema, by Antônio Carlos Jobim (Song; 1964)
Give ‘Em the Works or Rocky Around the Clock (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 45; 1960)
The Great Gatsby (Film; 2013)
The Hard Way, 10th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2006)
Hot Pursuit, by Stuart Woods (Novel; 2015)
The Inspector General, by Nikolai Gogol (Play; 1836)
I Walk the Line, by Johnny Cash (Song; 1956)
Legend, by Bob Marley and the Wailers (Album; 1984)
Les Misérables (Film; 1998)
Lonesome Road, recorded by Tommy Dorsey (Song; 1939)
The Lords of Flatbush (Film; 1974)
The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1786)
Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel; 1923) [3]
My Life as a Dog (Film; 1987)
No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre (Play; 1944)
No Parking Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)
Nothing But the Tooth (WB MM Cartoon; 1948)
Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1990) [Discworld #11]
The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro (Novel; 1989)
Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Novel; 1972)
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard, by Robert Wyatt (Album; 1975)
Quantum Solace, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1959)
The Secret Life of Plants, by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird (Book; 1974)
Small Gods, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1991) [Discworld #13]
Smoke on the Water, by Deep Purple (Song; 1973)
Snakes & Arrows, by Rush (Album; 2007)
Soul Music, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1994) [Discworld #16]
SpongeBob SquarePants (Animated TV Series; 1999)
The Strange Case of Peter the Lett, by Georges Simeon (Mystery Novel; 1931) [1st Maigret]
Survivor, by Destiny’ Child (Album; 2000)
Sweets from a Stranger, by Squeeze (Album; 1982)
Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2001) [Discworld #26]
The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2003) [Discworld #30]
White Fang, by Jack London (Novel; 1906)
The Wise Quacking Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1943)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Film; 2009)
Today’s Name Days
Josef, Staatsfeiertag (Austria)
Ermen, Ermena, Maya (Bulgaria)
Jeremija, Josip, Prokul, Sigmund (Croatia)
Svátek Práce (Czech Republic)
Jacob, Philip, Valborg (Denmark)
Valba, Valbe, Valli, Volber (Estonia)
Valpuri, Vappu (Finland)
Brieuc, Florine, Jérémie, Tamara (France)
Arnold, Berta, Josef (Germany)
Filosofos, Isidora, Jeremia, Tamara (Greece)
Fülöp, Jakab (Hungary)
Brunella, Efisio, Giuseppe (Italy)
Ziedīte, Ziedone, Ziedonis (Latvia)
Vydmantė, Zigmantas, Zigmas, Žilvinas (Lithuania)
Filip, Valborg (Norway)
Aniela, Filip, Jakub, Jeremi, Jeremiasz, Józef, Lubomir (Poland)
Ieremia (Romania)
Berta, Florinda, Jeremías, José (Spain)
Valborg (Sweden)
Jeremiah, Jeremy, Tamara (Ukraine)
Mae, May, Patience, Sigmund, Sigmunda (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 121 of 2024; 244 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 18 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 16 of 28]
Chinese: Month 3 (Bing-Chen), Day 12 (Ji-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 10 Iyar 5783
Islamic: 10 Shawwal 1444
J Cal: 30 Aqua; Nineday [30 of 30]
Julian: 18 April 2023
Moon: 83%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 9 Caesar (5th Month) [Philip]
Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 43 of 90)
Zodiac: Taurus (Day 12 of 30)
Calendar Changes
May (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 5 of 12]
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idk if anyone answered you about the cornish montol horses but our general term for them is obby osses (obby oss singular) ! they tend to all have their own unique names! in that pic the black cloaked oss is named Penglaz and the grey cloaked one is named Kasek Nos! :>
Oh incredible!! I had not gotten an answer so thank you so much <3 I love that they all have names, that's so excellent
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