First Harvests - Bilberry Sunday, part five

First Harvests series part 5

During Part 4 I introduced some transition from the traditions of Bilberry Sunday to Garland Sunday, both celebrated on the same Sunday. I introduced the old and now diluted traditions of garland wearing women climbing the local hills with donation to the hill hag, cailleach, goddess, from the First Harvest as a thanksgiving.    

During this Part 5 I wil…