• High hopes for Hogamany

    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 31 02:00:08 2021
    XPost: alt.pagan, talk.religion.newage, alt.religion.goddess
    XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.welsh

    In her hopefully prophetic song Twist in My Sobriety,
    British songwriter Tanita Tikaram wrote:

    "Cup of tea, take time to think, yeah
    Time to risk a life, a life, a life
    Sweet and handsome
    Soft and porky
    You pig out 'til you've seen the light
    Pig out 'til you've seen the light”

    Now in Scotland today/tonight is Hogamany, or
    New Year’s Eve, and celebrations generally
    extend to early on New Year’s Day (and sometimes
    even until the bank holiday which is on Monday).

    Also I am posting this using Hogwasher newsreader,
    and have to click on a picture of a hog with a
    monocle to activate it.

    And the phase of moon is late waning crescent moon,
    which is associated with the Welsh crone goddess
    Ceridwen, who in her pursuit of Taliesin took on the
    form of a sow (and also a hen), so can be called
    the sow goddess.

    All of those pig/hog/sow references lead me to
    hope for major positive world changes by dawn
    on New Year’s Day ("You pig out 'til you've seen
    the light”)

    I have set Followup-To to alt.religion.druid so
    check that newsgroup to see any further
    posts from me on the subject, hopefully
    reporting progress, though I was hoping
    not to work New Year’s Eve.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “‘Oh, love is new/I'm face and eyes into you/Oh, love is here/
    I'll be face and eyes into you/For years and years" (Colleen Power)

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