Lughnasadh, Lammas, August 1

Holidays

HolidaysBERLIN (Reuters) – German employees high the European Union in time off with a median of 30 days of paid go away plus 10 days of public holidays per year, the IW institute stated on Monday.

The historic Roman Nemoralia festival was held in reward of Diana, the goddess of the hunt within the territory of Aricia, at Nemi, about sixteen miles southeast of Rome. Diana was believed to preside over the forests of Aricia, where there was a grove, or nemus housing a famous shrine dedicated to the goddess. Diana’s priest was called rex nemorensis, the king of the grove. It was customary that the rex nemorensis needs to be a runaway slave who received into his royal office by hunting down and killing his predecessor.

There is a limited quantity of evidence to counsel that the Lupercalia was the precedent for modern Valentine’s Day customs. As part of …