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A chair pulled up to the fire

7th October 2026 'Hallowe'en was preeminently a commemoration of the dead, a time when ghosts and fairies were unusually active, the whole of the world of the supernatural astir and the dead returned to their earthly homes.' - E. Estyn Evans, 'Irish Folk Ways' This particular folklorist puts Hall...

by Lora O'Brien — Oct 07, 2026 ancestors beginners charms free seasonal

A Spell for Sharing

26th September 2026 "every family... at least of the ordinary sort of people, kill a sheep, and bestow the greatest part of it upon relieving the poor." - Geoffrey Keating's History of Ireland, summarised in the Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society The twenty ninth of September falls thr...

by Lora O'Brien — Sep 26, 2026 abundance charms growth seasonal

What the shell is for

September 2026 "The nine hazels of Crimall the wise Drop their fruits where the wellspring lies Through the power of magic they stay, Under a dark druidic spray." - from Sinann II in the Metrical Dindshenchas Mid September has the hazels still at work on their nuts, since the crop doesn't come ri...

by Lora O'Brien — Sep 12, 2026 charms grounding growth seasonal

How knowledge settles for ya

September 2026 (Free Post) "one of several hymns and charms cited in one of the medieval Irish metrical tracts as to be learned in a student fili's twelfth and final year." - from Celtic Curses by Bernard Mees 12 years learning things by heart, that means! September is a learning month (in relati...

by Lora O'Brien — Sep 01, 2026 beginners charms free learning seasonal

Putting the hare out of the corn

August 2026 "The last bit of corn in the last of the farmer's fields was the visible symbol of the end of the harvest, and the cutting of this last bit was, all over Ireland, attended with some ceremony." - Kevin Danaher, The Year in Ireland The end of August is when the year stops being about ...

by Lora O'Brien — Aug 23, 2026 charms clearing growth seasonal

Who you work beside

August 2026 "Gathering folks together is an aspect of this time that really should not be ignored." - Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch by Lora O'Brien August is the month where the truth of the year becomes visible, what grew and what didn't, what carried through on its own and what needed ...

Aug 17, 2026 beginners charms free harvest seasonal

Salt at the Threshold

24 May 2026 'Certain hags in Wales, as well as in Ireland and Scotland, changed themselves into the shape of hares, that, sucking teats under this counterfeit form, they might stealthily rob other people’s milk.' Giraldus Cambrensis, 12th century, cited in 'The Cailleach and the Cosmic Hare' by S...

May 24, 2026 charms growth protection seasonal sis

When it keeps slipping away

April 2026 "I hinder the blood, I slay the disease." — from a 15th-century Irish medical manuscript, RIA ms 24 B 3. Trans. David Stifter. Irish healing charms were rarely vague about what they were doing. They named the condition directly, stated the intention clearly, and worked to stop whatev...

by Lora O'Brien — Apr 25, 2026 charms

What you plant now, tends you later

April 2026 "Anything sown during a full moon was supposed to grow wild." — from the Schools' Collection, National Folklore Collection, UCD April is when the ground actually receives what you put into it. Not the gesture of intention in February or the stirring of March, but the actual moment wh...

by Lora O'Brien — Apr 11, 2026 charms growth

Clearing what the winter left behind

“I smite his sickness,I conquer wounds.” - from the St Gall Incantations March has an edge to it. The days are stretching, the land is waking, and the body often feels restless before the mind catches up. This is the month of hares here in Ireland, when you start to see them out in the fields, ...

by Lora O'Brien — Mar 15, 2026 charms seasonal

Speaking Irish Magic Out Loud

Why do Words Matter so Much? In Ireland, spoken magic has always been a serious business, whether it was a fierce curse in court or a quiet blessing at a doorway. Our ancestors knew that words shape reality, because they shape how people see themselves, each other, and what they think is possible...

by Lora O'Brien — Feb 19, 2026 beginners charms