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Lammas

Lammas (from Old English hlāfmæsse, "loaf-mass"), also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries on 1 August. The name originates from the word "loaf" in reference to bread and "Mass" in reference to the Eucharist. It is a festival in the liturgical calendar to mark the blessing of the First Fruits of…

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Celebrations
Mass, church processions, First Fruits
Date
1 August
Observances
Bringing a loaf of bread made from the new wheat crop to the church for a blessing, making loaves from the grain collected at harvest
Observed by
Christians (Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans) and some Pagans
Related to
Plough Sunday, Rogation days, Shavuot, Lughnasadh
Type
Paganism

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related to External links · 17
Lammas → Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, BBCThe Origins, Boston Public Library, Bread, Clerk, EnglandThe God, Lammas/Lughnasad, Lammastide, Leigh Hatts, Little History, North AmericaLammas-tide, OxfordPaganism, Pilgrims' Way, Practices, Sermon, The Church, Walking
related to Lammas Fairs · 16
Lammas → Devon, During, England, Exeter, Fife, Guildhall, Inverkeithing Lammas Fair, July, Lammas Fair, Lord Mayor, Other, Ould Lammas Fair, Scotland, St Andrews, The, Thursday
related to history · 14
Lammas → Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, August, Church, God, In Anglo-Saxon England Lammas, In Christianity, It, Lord, Old English, Old Testament, The, The Didache, Then
related to Neopaganism · 13
Lammas → August, February, Gaelic, In, It, Lughnasa, Northern Hemisphere, Other, Samhain, Some, Southern Hemisphere, Wheel, Year
related to In popular culture · 9
Lammas → Day, Devil, Devil's, In, Inspector Morse, Katherine Kurtz, Lammas Day, Lammas Night, Satanic
related to Name · 8
Lammas → Cathedral, Chains, John Brady, Old English, Several, St Peter, The, York
related to Sustainability · 7
Lammas → Gafel, Glandwr, It, Lammas Ecovillage, One Planet Council, Pembrokeshire, Tir
related to Lammas wheat · 4
Lammas → Red Lammas, There, White Lammas, Yellow Lammas
Celebrations · 1
Lammas → Mass, church processions, First Fruits
Date · 1
Lammas → 1 August

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loaf church harvest name also first day bread christian mass august date festival one wheat feast old blessed fruits lughnasadh

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LammasCelebrationsMass, church processions, First Fruits1.00infobox
LammasDate1 August1.00infobox
LammasObservancesBringing a loaf of bread made from the new wheat crop to the church for a blessing, making loaves from the grain collected at harvest1.00infobox
LammasObserved byChristians (Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans) and some Pagans1.00infobox
LammasRelated toPlough Sunday, Rogation days, Shavuot, Lughnasadh1.00infobox
LammasTypePaganism1.00infobox
Lammasis aprominent plot point in the novel0.90text
Lammasrelated to External linksLammastide0.60section
Lammasrelated to External linksThe Church0.60section
Lammasrelated to External linksEnglandThe God0.60section
Lammasrelated to External linksBread0.60section
Lammasrelated to External linksSermon0.60section

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