Grains

Centre:

Our centre at St. Gobnait's well in Cork was based on the corn dolly a representation of Crom Dubh. Read more here about Crom Dubh and Lughnasadh. Around the edge we have seasonal fruits, crystals, Rock Salt, Honey and Barley.

Grain Prayer:

We have ploughed the fields, scattered the seeds of hope.

Growth has been nurtured by rain and sun and now we are thankful for our harvest.

We look up to the hills and stand upon them, for from there comes our help. There we are at the foundation of all life, between heaven and earth.

With humble, thankful hearts, we bless the harvest, our lives, our health, our food.

Harvest Doll:

Take many forms... Visit the Blog Harvest Dolls for more ideas

2016 - Marta and Dana in Switzerland tried their hands at making straw dollies.

Return to Earth:

The corn dolly is often buried in a grave and this serves two purposes.

The first to remind the earth how a crop should ripen for next year and ...

secondly...

it represents the harvest of unwanted energies in our bodies and within the wider world.

The Corn dolly is believed to take these concerns to the Underworld .

Here they are broken down and transformed by the great chemical laboratories of the earth and turned into nourishment for the crops.

Go to Higher Ground:

At Lughnasadh, Harvest time, it is traditional to go to a hill or higher ground.