Eldorado Posted May 5, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 5, 2019 "Visitors flocked to Waterlooville, Hampshire, for the traditional Beltain Festival. The Celtic celebration, at Butser Ancient Farm, marks the beginning of summer. Organisers said the event drew a sell-out crowd." Nice photos at the Belfast Telegraph: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/in-pictures-wickerman-festival-heralds-start-of-summer-38080329.html "In Pictures: Wickerman festival heralds start of summer" At the Irvine Times: https://www.irvinetimes.com/news/17619716.in-pictures-wickerman-festival-heralds-start-of-summer/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadChadB33 Posted May 6, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I wonder if Sgt Howie made it through this time? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openozy Posted May 7, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Weird English hillbillies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted May 7, 2019 #4 Share Posted May 7, 2019 12 hours ago, openozy said: Weird English hillbillies. Northern Ireland not England. I remember travelling in Northern Ireland as a kid and seeing one in a field waiting for the festival. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openozy Posted May 7, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 7, 2019 9 hours ago, RabidMongoose said: Northern Ireland not England. I remember travelling in Northern Ireland as a kid and seeing one in a field waiting for the festival. I think it was a Druid Festival going back thousands of years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted May 7, 2019 Author #6 Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, openozy said: I think it was a Druid Festival going back thousands of years. 9 hours ago, RabidMongoose said: Northern Ireland not England. I remember travelling in Northern Ireland as a kid and seeing one in a field waiting for the festival. The festival in the OP was in England, not Ireland. Hampshire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butser_Ancient_Farm Edited May 7, 2019 by Eldorado 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted May 8, 2019 #7 Share Posted May 8, 2019 12 hours ago, openozy said: I think it was a Druid Festival going back thousands of years. Its Celtic not Druidic. There are plenty of accounts from the Romans of Wicker men across what is today France and Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openozy Posted May 8, 2019 #8 Share Posted May 8, 2019 2 hours ago, RabidMongoose said: Its Celtic not Druidic. There are plenty of accounts from the Romans of Wicker men across what is today France and Britain. What a goose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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