ALBAN EILER

This is the Celtic spring feast of birds. Traditionally the people went outside from dawn till morning and looked for returning birds. If they were successful, they took lunch and celebrated then.
 

DATE
About March 21st
 

CORRESPONDING MODERN FEAST
Easter (Gaelic feast of the Goddess Ishtar)
 

CELTIC GODS
Taliesin
 

ASSIGNMENT
Male and female forces well balanced
 

CUSTOMS
Searching and painting eggs, observing birds
 

SYMBOLS
Rabbits, chicks, swallows, multi-coloured eggs
 

DEDICATED FOOD
Light food, fish, maple syrup, eggs
 

SMOKE WORK
Lavender, daffodil and broom
 

TRESHOLD TIME
Dawn