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060 - Lammas Day and Other "-mas" Days | Wheat Beer

Drinking With The Saints

Mike and Alexandra explore an unofficial feast of the liturgical calendar to discuss: * Nonalcoholic beer * Sour beer * Wheat beer * The origin of Lammas Day * -mas Days Drinks of the Week:  Martin House Brewing Company “Key Lime Pie Sour Ale” Athletic Brewing Company “Atlética” “Mas” Holidays The definitions of these words, in chronological order, are: * Uphalimass, Epiphany, January 6--“up” can mean "completed, over" and “hali” is short for haliday or holiday. Epiphany is the end of the Christmas holidays * Twelfthmas Day, Epiphany, January 6 (Anglo-Saxons; see Parker, WITW, 80) * Candlemas, The Purification of the BVM, February 2--from the blessing of candles on this day * Ladymas, The Annunciation of the BVM, March 25 (although it can also pertain to just about any Marian feast) * Georgemas, St. George, April 23 * Crouchmas, “Cross Mass,” the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, May 3 * Johnsmas, St. John the Baptist, June 24 * Petermas, St. Peter [and St. Paul], June 29. Originally, though, it was the Feast of St. Peter in Chains, August 1 * Lammas, “Loaf Mass”, August 1. Lammas Day was never officially on the calendar, but it was still a big deal in England and Ireland, when a loaf made from the first grains of the harvest was taken to church and blessed * Marymass or Marymas (aka Lady-Day-in-Harvest), The Assumption of the BVM, August 15 * Ellenmas, St. Helen, August 18 [1] * Latter Marymass. The Nativity of the BVM, September 8. If Assumption Day is the first Mary Mass of the season, Mary’s birthday is the occasion for the “later Mary Mass”--at least before the institution of the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the BVM on September 15 centuries later * Roodmas, The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14.  A “rood” is a crucifix placed on top of a rood screen, that is, lifted high or exalted, as in the "Dream of the Rood". It's amazing how precise our language can be about crosses * Michaelmas, St. Michael the Archangel, September 29 * Lukesmas, St. Luke, October 18 * Hallowmas, All Saints’ Day, November 1 * Saumas, All Souls’ Day, November 2 (not to be confused with a “Soul Mass,” i.e., a Requiem Mass) * Martinmas or Martlemas, St. Martin of Tours, November 11 * Andrewmass or Andermas, St. Andrew, November 30 * Christmas or Christenmas, December 25 * Childermas, Holy Innocents, December 28 * Kermas or Kermis, a “church Mass,” that is, the anniversary of the dedication of a church. The term quickly migrated to an “annual fair or carnival, characterized by much noisy merry-making” or, in the U.S., a festival held for charitable purposes. We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to podcast@drinkingwiththesaints.com  Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints - - - - - “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen” Find more at: https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/ Instagram @drinkingsaints Produced by Back Row Media  backrow.fm Instagram @backrowmedia Find the Books: Drinking with the Saints  Drinking with St. Nick Drinking with Your Patron Saints Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained Dining with the Saints Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite