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Beltane

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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n ancient Celtic festival connected with the sun-worship, observed about the 1st of May and the 1st of November, during which fires were kindled on the tops of hills, and various ceremonies gone through.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Beltane'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/beltane.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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