August Eve :: Correspondences
| Season | Initiates autumn |
|---|---|
| Time of Day | Mid-afternoon |
| Direction | Southwest |
| Moon Phase | Waning gibbous |
| Tide | Reaping Tide |
| Colors | Orange, Deep Yellow, Gold, Bronze, Red |
| Flowers | Corncockles, cornflowers, red poppies, sunflowers |
| Animals | Bulls, horses, roosters |
| Mythological Creatures |
Centaurs, griffons |
| Plants | Alder, grains, hollyhock, marigold, myrtle, oak |
| Herbs | Acacia flowers, cyclamen, fenugreek, pennyroyal |
| Incenses | Cedar, frankincense, heather |
| Oils | Corn, eucalyptus, orange, safflower |
| Stones | Amber, citrine, peridot, tiger’s eye |
| Zodiac | Leo, the sign of kingship, bravery, power and leadership |
| Decorations | Acorns, berries, bread, corn, corn cob dolly, grain dolly, grain sheaves, sickles, scythes, vegetables |
| Foods | All grain foods, bread, bilberries, blackberries, blueberries, cakes, cookies, crabapples, freshly harvested produce, ginger, melons, mulberries, squashes |
| Teas | Alfalfa, cornsilk, goldenseal |
Battle of the Flowers
The Battle of the Flowers is a longstanding mid-August Lughnasa tradition that takes place on Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. The "battle" is between groups of islanders who compete to see who can make the most original display using flowers. Since the nineteenth century these have been paraded on flat trucks like carnival floats, but the local tradition of making floral patterns and pictures is much earlier. Exhibits can be up to forty-five feet long and contain a hundred thousand or more blooms. Hundreds of volunteers spend all night cutting heads off fresh flower stems and sticking them to the float framework. The festival also features an illuminated moonlight parade consisting of the massive floats accompanied by marching bands, and dancers. The "Battle of Flowers Festival" attracts an audience in the region of forty thousand people. In some areas with flower celebrations, the Sunday closest to Lughnasa is called Garland Sunday.
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