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Lamas (Also known as Lughnasadh, August Eve, and the First Festival of Harvest) is celebrated annually on August 1. Traditional ritual herbs: acacia flowers, aloes, cornstalks, cyclamen, fenugreek, frankincense, heather, hollyhock, myrtle, oak leaves, sunflower, and wheat. Altar decorations traditionally include corn dollies (small figures fashioned from braided straw) and/or kirn babies (corn cob dolls) to symbol the Mother Goddess of Harvest. Traditional Sabbat incense: aloes, rose, and sandalwood. Sacred Sabbat gemstones: aventurine, citrine, peridot, sardonyx. Sabbat deities: Lugh (a Celtic solar deity worshiped by the ancient Druids), John Barleycorn (the personification of malt liquor), Demeter, Ceres, the Corn Mother, and other goddesses who preside over agriculture. Candle colors: golden yellow, orange, green, light brown. The traditional Pagan foods of this Sabbat are homemade breads (wheat, oat, and especially corn bread), barely cakes, nuts, wild berries, apples, rice, roasted lamb, berry pies, elderberry wine, ale, and meadowsweet tea.
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