Celebrating Autumn Equinox: Customs & Crafts, Recipes & Rituals for Harvest, Sukkot, Mid Autumn Moon, Michaelmas, Eleusinian Mysteries & Other Autumn - Paperback

by Waverly Fitzgerald (Author)

Holiday folklore expert, Waverly Fitzgerald, shares the information she has collected on the traditions and customs common to autumn holidays from many cultures and religions. Learn how to celebrate the season with a feast of harvest foods, including beer and wine made from the grain and wine harvest. Features various herbs, flowers and animals associated with the holiday, particularly chrysanthemums, Michaelmas daisies and geese. Includes the words to autumn songs and recipes for gingerbread, ginger beer and grape harvest sweet bread, as well as instructions for making corn dollies and weaving baskets.