Cattle were turned out to their summer pastures at the beginning of this month. The Anglo Saxons called May Thrimilce, or ‘thrice milking’. Because of the abundance of grass, the milk was of finer quality and the cows yielded much more abundantly, and had to be milked three times each day, so it was in May that the Anglo-Saxons began making cheese. On May 6, Alderney farmers celebrated Milk a Punch Day, when they drank fresh milk as a toast to the season of plenty.
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Anna Franklin is the High Priestess of the Hearth of Arianrhod, which runs teaching circles, a working coven, and the annual Mercian Gathering, a Pagan camp which raises money for charity. She regularly speaks at conferences, moots and workshops around the country. She is the author of many books on witchcraft and Paganism, including the popular Pagan Ways Tarot, Sacred Circle Tarot, The Fairy Ring, Herb Craft, Magical Incenses and Oils, Personal Power, A Romantic Guide to Handfasting, Familiars, The Oracle of the Goddess, Hearth Witch, The Path of the Shaman and The Hearth Witch’s Compendium. Anna’s books have been translated into nine languages.
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