Own A Fabulous Celtic Cross Necklace
Wear A Celtic Cross Necklace And Avert Evil Spirits
Bonfire night has an extra special meaning in the Northern Isles. Our latitude means light and dark rule over our skies during the summer and winter with a whole lot more stunning results. Our calendar celebrations such as Halloween were observed with enormous bonfires to illuminate the dark winter sky. Hallowmas has got to be good time to wear a Celtic cross necklace to avert the evil spirits or maybe mens white gold rings which have a Celtic design. This festivity became connected with a combination of Bonfire Night and Halloween.
These bonfire rituals were held on hilltops to memorialize the ancient Yule, Beltane, Johnsmas at midsummer and Hallowmas. Heather and peat were collected by kids for the fire. People and farm animals that were sick were walked round the fire sunwise (clockwise) so the fire could cure them. The fit would leap over or through the flames.
The Age-old Powers of a Celtic Cross Necklace
Prior to deciding to set aside the safeguarding powers of a Celtic cross necklace, considering that Halloween is over, there is another tradition, played out on November 5, unique to the Orkney town of Stromness, which pretty much survives today. Children take to the streets with a carved turnip, known as a ‘pop’, asking people for cash. Whilst in England, children might request ‘a penny for the guy’, in Stromness, they ask for ‘a penny for me pop’.
The turnip faces look grotesque and might be hand carved into the face of an animal, well known person, alien or trow (troll). Some may even come up with a political statement. The carving is usually carried out by the parents. Right after the children run round town knocking on doors to get funds, the pops are burnt in a fire.
Stromness is the only place where the custom of making pops happens. It is not unlike Halloween pumpkins, lantern carving and the guising tradition. But guy heads on Orkney are made from papier mach. The pop does not have any body, only a stick. Some local people say the pop means pope and the procedure was initially an anti- Catholic statement of burning the pope, as Guy Fawkes is burned. But an explanation to whether this is correct has been lost through time.
Many Celtic cross necklaces, mens white gold rings and other jewelry goodies are made in Orkney – a place packed with tradition and a fascinating history. This history has many strands which are separate from the story of mainland Britain, which we like to express.
Those Evil Spirits don’t just hang around at Halloween, best shield yourself year-round with a Celtic cross necklace or treat your guy by looking into our mens white gold rings. Originality does not need to break the bank!
