St Patrick's Day-- Corned Beef and Cabbage
I love this recipe. I've used it since my DH gave me my first Better Homes and Gardens cookbook back in the early 80's. Now I collect them.
Samhain
Samhain (October 31st) HISTORY Samhain to the Celts was their New Year's Eve. That mysterious moment belonging to neither past nor present, or this world nor the other. It was a time when the herds were slaughtered and the meat salted, which also led to the use of salts in magic ritual as a disinfectant against psychic or spiritual evil. On this night also, the spirits of dead friends sought the warmth of the Samhain fire and communication with the living. The divinatory aspect of Halloween is understandable for two reasons. First, the psychic climates of the season favored it, and second, the anxiety about the coming winter demanded it. The fertility ritual aspect was reflected in legends of gods and heroes. As such, it was a time of deliberate (and tribally purposeful) sexual freedom. That is primarily a Celtic tradition, as many other superstitions say to refrain from sex for fear that your former (dead) friends would take over your body and you
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