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How are you spending the summer solstice?
serious crayons:
But also ... :o
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Sason on June 23, 2023, 04:54:39 pm ---We dance around a midsummer pole today
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You realize, of course, that a pole like that, like a May pole also, is an ancient phallic symbol?
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 23, 2023, 10:38:12 am ---As I just wrote elsewhere, tomorrow is Midsummer Day (or Sainte-Jean-Baptiste Day).
I can never remember whether we're supposed to light a bonfire tonight (the eve of the day) or tomorrow night. :(
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Found this on Google.
Bonfires are lit on Midsummer's Eve to ward off witches and evil spirits and warm up late-night revelers. Build your own (even a small campfire will do) as a way to keep bad luck at bay.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 23, 2023, 09:42:16 pm ---You realize, of course, that a pole like that, like a May pole also, is an ancient phallic symbol?
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I'd never thought about it, but makes sense. Sexual activities seem common in ancient pagan traditional celebrations, or at least that's how legend has it.
In New Orleans for Mardi Gras, they crown "Rex," or King of Carnival, usually a local middle-aged aristocratic businessman, and pick a debutante as Queen. I used to joke that just before midnight on Mardi Gras the royal couple had to have sex on Bourbon Street to ensure a good tourist season.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 24, 2023, 12:36:29 pm ---I'd never thought about it, but makes sense. Sexual activities seem common in ancient pagan traditional celebrations, or at least that's how legend has it.
In New Orleans for Mardi Gras, they crown "Rex," or King of Carnival, usually a local middle-aged aristocratic businessman, and pick a debutante as Queen. I used to joke that just before midnight on Mardi Gras the royal couple had to have sex on Bourbon Street to ensure a good tourist season.
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At Beltane people had sex in the fields to ensure good crops, so why not have sex to ensure a good tourist season? ;D
I believe I've told this story. A gay Wiccan once explained to me about having sex to ensure good crops. I thought a moment, and then I said to him, "So two gay men having sex are going to ensure good crops." (I made a statement; I didn't ask a question.)
He thought a moment, and then he said to me, "You know, you just might have something there."
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(As if gay men need an excuse to have sex. ... I suppose it's the same for straight people, too. ??? )
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