NeuKelte on Nostr: #Celtic #FolkloreSunday: `In the veneration of the #NewMoon for protection we can see ...

#Celtic #FolkloreSunday: `In the veneration of the #NewMoon for protection we can see the admixture of old pagan beliefs with Christianity. A seventeenth century German writer wrote: “The wild Irish have this custom, that when the moon is new they squat upon their knees and pray to the moon that it may leave them vigorous and healthy.`
Source: Under an Irish Moon (emeraldisle.ie)