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Midsummer (Festival)

LC control no.sh2015000473
LC classificationGT4995.S85 Manners and customs
BF1572.M58 Witchcraft
Topical headingMidsummer (Festival)
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Variant(s)Litha
Summer solstice (Festival)
See alsoCalendar, Celtic
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Fasts and feasts
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Summer festivals
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Found inWork cat: 2014035548. Midsummer, 2015.
WWW, 02/25/2015: paganwiccan.about.com (All about Litha, the Midsummer Sabbat)
Wikipedia, 02/25/2015: Wheel of the Year (Midsummer or Litha; seasonal festival or sabbat; held at the Summer solstice)
OED online, Dec. 4, 2018: midsummer (The middle of summer; spec. (a) Midsummer Day (24 June); (b) the day of the summer solstice (21 or 22 June), or the period around this; From the 13th century, midsummer was celebrated in Britain with feasting, merrymaking, and the lighting of candles and bonfires)
New world encyclopedia online, Dec. 4, 2018: Wicca (Summer solstice, or Litha, is one of the four lesser festivals in Wicca