12 Druids
made offerings to Manannan Mac Lir, our grove's patron and gatekeeper, on
the cold, cold beach. We also offered our grove's sacred well water into
Manannan's North Atlantic to thank him for gatekeeping at our rituals and
keeping an eye on us. Then we played Skeeball and went for food. We swear
that we once had a folkloric reason for this day, but we've lost track of
it and the folks on the Isle of Man know nothing about it, so now it's a
grove tradition.
Many
thanks to Daphne, Karl, and Norma for the photos!