Happy Lammas Day!
Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day. Taken from The Old Farmers 2007 Almanac ' Lammas Day (August 1): Derived from the Old English half maesse , meaning "loaf mass", Lammas Day marked the beginning of the harvest. Traditionally, loaves of bread were baked from the first-ripened grain and brought to the churches to be consecrated. Eventually, "loaf mass" became "Lammas". In Scotland, Lammastide fairs became famous as the time when trial marriages could be made. These marriages could end after a year with no strings attached.' Wikipedia: In English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere , August 1 is Lammas Day (loaf-mass day), the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop. In many parts of England , tenants were bound to present freshly harvested wheat to their landlords on or before the first day of August. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , where it is refer...