St. Columba's Day

Den keltiske helgen Calum Cille, eller St. Columba som nogen kalder ham, døde torsdag den 9. juni 597, og siden den tid, har der i det gæliske Skotland hvilet et helligt skær over denne dato i særdeleshed og over torsdagene i al almindelighed.

Den skotske folkemindesamler Alexander Carmichael skriver om La Chaluim Chille, som dagen kaldes på gælisk:

It was a lucky day for all enterprises—for warping thread, for beginning a pilgrimage, or any other undertaking. On Thursdag eve the mother of a family made a bere, rye, og oaten cake into which she put a small silver coin. The cake was toasted before a fire of rowan, yew, oak, or other sacred wood. On the morning of Thursday the father took a keen-cutting knife and cut the cake into as many sections as there were children in the family, all the sections being equal. All the pieces were then placed in a 'ciosan'—a beehive basket—and each child blindfold drew a piece of cake from the basket in nam of the Father, Son, and Spirit. The child who got the coin got the crop of lambs for the year. This was called 'sealbh uan'—lamb luck.
Carmina Gadelica I, nr. 69

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Denne artikel er senest opdateret 2022-01-08