Home Site Map January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 August Lammas / Lugnasadh Celtic festival of Lugh, the god of light. Celebration of the early harvest, when loaves were baked and sometimes distributed from churches. Lammas is derived from Loaf Mass. 14 August The Burryman, South Queensferry Scotland. On the second Friday of August, a man completely covered in Burdock burs walks the boundaries of the town, a distance of seven miles. The ritual probably has pagan origins. 17 August Roman feast of Diana 3rd or 4th Monday in August Marymass, Irvine, Ayrshire Once said to have been celebrated with hilltop fires, the festival is now associated with Mary Queen of Scots. A Queen is voted from local girls and a parade goes through the town along with other events. 21 August Sacrifices to Hercules, Roman Saturday after 24 August Burning the Bartle A life-sized effigy called the bartle is stabbed and then set ablaze, the root of the ceremony is supposed to relate to either; a pig thief, or some relation to St Bartholomew. Last Sunday in August Plague Sunday A service is held in Cucklet Cleft in Derbyshire. The service commemorates the bravery of the Eyam villagers and William Mompesson, for closing Eyam village after it became infested with the plague in 1665.