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Lughnasadh / Lammas Harvest Celebration.
Traditionally observed at the beginning of August, Lughnasadh / Lammas marks the beginning of the harvest time. The culmination of a year of ploughing, sowing, weeding and tending the crops, at the mercy of the elements — now is the time for feasting and giving thanks before the back-breakingly hard work of bringing in the harvest would begin. Before the advent of modern agricultural machinery the whole village would have worked together to scythe the wheat, gather the sheaves into stooks, then load them onto carts to bring into barns where the process of threshing and winnowing would begin. Technical: a few non-photographic issues to deal with — firstly bake a loaf of bread! Wheat and cornflowers to be gathered and a sickle needed to be procured (a scythe would have been a bit too big)! Fairly simple to photograph — the single hardest part is always getting the camera angle and height perfect both aesthetically and to actually fit everything in...
Lughnasadh / Lammas Harvest Celebration.
Traditionally observed at the beginning of August, Lughnasadh / Lammas marks the beginning of the harvest time. The culmination of a year of ploughing, sowing, weeding and tending the crops, at the mercy of the elements — now is the time for feasting and giving thanks before the back-breakingly hard work of bringing in the harvest would begin. Before the advent of modern agricultural machinery the whole village would have worked together to scythe the wheat, gather the sheaves into stooks, then load them onto carts to bring into barns where the process of threshing and winnowing would begin. Technical: a few non-photographic issues to deal with — firstly bake a loaf of bread! Wheat and cornflowers to be gathered and a sickle needed to be procured (a scythe would have been a bit too big)! Fairly simple to photograph — the single hardest part is always getting the camera angle and height perfect both aesthetically and to actually fit everything in...