First harvests are made, accompanied by thanksgivings
and rites to ensure the bounty of next years crops



Traditional Foods

Homemade breads, barley cakes, nuts, wild berries, apples, rice
roasted lamb, berry pies, elderberry wine, ale, and meadowsette tea

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Traditional Ritual Herbs

acacia flowers, aloes, cornstalks, frankincense, heather, hollyhock
oak leaves, sunflower, and wheat

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Altar Decorations

corn dollies ( figures fashioned from braided straw), and/or kirn babies
(corncob dolls) to symbolize the Mother Goddess of the Harvest.

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Incense

aloes, rose and sandalwood

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Gemstones

aventurine, citrine, peridot, sardonyx

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Candle Colors

golden yellow, orange, green, and light brown

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Ritual Potpourri

20 drops clove bud oil
25 drops sandalwood oil
1 cup oak moss 2 cups dried pink rosebuds
2 cups dried red peony petals
1 cup dried amaranth flowers
1 cup dried heather flowers
1/2 cup dried cornflowers

Mix the clove bud and sandalwood oil with the oak moss, and then add
the remaining ingredients. Stir the potpourri well and
store in a tightly covered, ceramic or glass container

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