April

21st April - Roman festival to the guardian of livestock, also the day that Romulus and Remus discovered Rome.

1st April - The morning of April the 1st has long been associated with trickery and practical jokes.

28 April - Start of the Roman festival of Florania, to the goddess of flowering plants and sexuality.

15th April - Roman offering to Tellus, a version of the earth mother. Usually an unborn calf was burned to protect their farms.

Today St George’s Day is not celebrated in England with anywhere near the vigour it was in past centuries, and is actually celebrated more in other countries that share his patronage, with traditions that have not been broken for hundreds of years. Read More »

24 April - It is said that if you spent the night on the porch of the local church, you would see all those who were going to die in the coming year. You had to stay awake and repeat the vigil for the rest of your life. It was also a time for divining other aspects of the future.

30th April - Walpurgis Night, Beltane Eve, the Celtic Fire Festival celebrating the coming of summer.