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Candlemas is one of the four "cross-quarters" of the year, occurring half way between the first day of winter and the first day of spring.

The other cross quarter days are May Day, mid Summer (as in the play) and Halloween. all four days are important days on the Irish (pagan) calendar. Feb 1st is "birth of spring"-- (hello Faldage) and the beginning of Lambing--

As the dark ages descended on Europe, the irish got religion– a couple of hundred years latter, as they brought Christianity back to europe-- they brought back all the pagan influences, too.

So just as Easter and Christmas are "timed" to old pagan roman holidays-- so too, the cross quarter days are timed to Irish pagan holidays.


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