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NOVEMBER IS ‘WIND MONTH’

By on November 17, 2012 in Anglo-Saxon, November csutom, Sutton Hoo, swastika, wind-month, Wint-monath

In the days when Anglo-Saxons ruled England, November was known as ‘Wint-monath’ or wind-month, as this was when the first serious winter storms started, ushering in a period reckoned to last until signs of spring in March. For pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons, an important November custom was lighting huge open-air fires to honour their gods and drive [...]

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