1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻#BookologyThursday: `The bilberry was an important feature of activities, games, food and entertainments associated with the festival of #Lughnasa.
In October 1925, the Weekly Irish Times ran a brief feature on bilberries in its 'A Nature Picture' column. An attractive monochrome sketch of the plant, captioned Whortleberry, accompanied a text that told readers it 'is a wonderful year for wild berries- blackberries are profuse everywhere, hips and haws abound… So, too, in its favourite habitats the whortleberry, blaeberry, or bilberry, as it is variously called, has a great crop of berries available for those who like them as an ingredient for pies and puddings.' #Celtic
Source: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0725/1525282-bilberries-bilberry-sunday-ireland-folklore-lughnasa-festival/
In October 1925, the Weekly Irish Times ran a brief feature on bilberries in its 'A Nature Picture' column. An attractive monochrome sketch of the plant, captioned Whortleberry, accompanied a text that told readers it 'is a wonderful year for wild berries- blackberries are profuse everywhere, hips and haws abound… So, too, in its favourite habitats the whortleberry, blaeberry, or bilberry, as it is variously called, has a great crop of berries available for those who like them as an ingredient for pies and puddings.' #Celtic
Source: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0725/1525282-bilberries-bilberry-sunday-ireland-folklore-lughnasa-festival/
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