Today is the date of Old Lughnasadh, if you account such things according to the calendrical change from Julian to Gregorian. If we celebrate Bron Trógan, and the groaning of the earth, on this date we notice it coincides with the Perseid meteor shower.
Although, if we hesitate and wait for the 2nd new moon after Summer Solstice, as Máire MacNeill suggests in her seminal work, The Festival of Lughnasa, then we hold our breath until 17 August.
I feel the Gate now…and see that Eithne’s hair has turned golden.
Confessions of a Hedge Witch 
And a good lammas to you and yourn.
and to you, and those who share your hearth
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