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Killing John Barleycorn

“John Barleycorn” is a British folk song with written versions dating back to the sixteenth century, personifying the barley crop as a dying and reborn figure. It can get pretty graphic about the torments heaped upon poor John, who is … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Christianity, Drugs, Food, Frank Black/Black Francis, Holidays, Minus 5, Music, Mythology, Passover, Poetry, Religion | Tagged alcohol, beer, beowa, fast man raider man, harvest, jesus, john barleycorn, john barleycorn must die, john barleycorn must live, johnny barleycorn, kathleen herbert, let the war against music begin, rebirth, resurrection, robert burns, scott mccaughey, traffic, whiskey |

Lugh’s Clues

Hey, who’s up for more mythology? If you’re not, you can skip this post or look at it later, but I found out from the pagans on my LiveJournal friends page that today is Lughnasadh, so I thought it would … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, Holidays, Mythology | Tagged balor, birog, cermait, cian, corn, cuchulainn, ethlinn, fir bolg, fomorians, harvest, lammas, lugh, lughnasadh, manannan mac lir, tailtiu, tuatha de danann |