@civilwarbore It was part of a Roman festival called the Lemuria in May when angry spirits entered the home. It was a way to placate them.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip interesting, Beltane on 1 May was a night when Celts said spirits walked.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore Maybe it's both. Celts like their spirits2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip + the living & the dead was thin. At least per Cunliffe and that other dude whose name I don't remember.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore ...saw more fairy spirits? Or something. But at the same time, many of the "evil" spirits are faeries, like banshee.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip Yeah & it's all made more difficult because the damn druids wouldn't wrote anything down.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore seriously. All of our texts are from hostile clergymen who wanted to display how silly those pagans were1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip And some hearsay/propaganda from contemporaneous Romans and Greeks!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore yeah. They are even less reliable because they thought Celts worshipped the same gods as them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip also there's no good way of knowing if the religious practices they described were local or pan-Celtic1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore exactly. We only know of a few gods/goddesses that were pretty widespread, i.e. Lugh or Badb
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