tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post993170248430702841..comments2024-02-26T07:40:57.648-08:00Comments on Early Medieval Britain: February (Solmonath): the Anglo Saxon calendarMeghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553655640589660182noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-76530123647349504102012-04-23T07:38:26.762-07:002012-04-23T07:38:26.762-07:00Some people have suggested that ‘sol’ should be tr...Some people have suggested that ‘sol’ should be translated as ‘earth’ or ‘soil’ rather than ‘mud’, and so Solmonath <a href="http://www.makaronrestaurant.co.za/restaurants-in-stellenbosch.aspx" rel="nofollow">Restaurant in Stellenbosch</a> might have a less prosaic meaning, perhaps more like ‘Earth Month’ or ‘month when the earth was honoured’.elenamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-32781837287370492942010-07-14T15:22:15.924-07:002010-07-14T15:22:15.924-07:00I find an interesting parallel between these "...I find an interesting parallel between these "sol cakes" and the later "soul cakes" offered and eaten on All Souls' Day. The soul cakes were round and marked with a cross; and the cross inside a circle is a well-known and ancient Teutonic sun symbol. Perhaps these autumn soul-cakes were a displaced and re-appropriated version of the older late-winter sol-cakes.OPersephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11449354274492967003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-30449887340329876232009-03-19T10:24:00.000-07:002009-03-19T10:24:00.000-07:00Betty - Interesting question. I don't know of any...Betty - Interesting question. I don't know of any evidence, but it may well be possible. Cakes would have been cooked on a bakestone or griddle before ovens were commonplace, so a variant on the modern pancake is possible, perhaps something more like the modern oatcake.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-2691318694922394742009-03-11T09:51:00.000-07:002009-03-11T09:51:00.000-07:00nice website but make it easier to find things and...nice website but make it easier to find things and change the font size bigger also put it to comic Sans MSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-91320004024119083232009-03-09T03:27:00.000-07:002009-03-09T03:27:00.000-07:00A very useful site - once upon a time I was trying...A very useful site - once upon a time I was trying to devise a calendar using early English month names, but got sidetracked, sadly.<BR/>Could the tradition of pancakes at the start of Lent (an old English word for Spring) have sprung involuntarily after the probably Pagan rite of cakes was forgotten?<BR/>Betty NortonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-49732972641679785702009-02-28T14:06:00.000-08:002009-02-28T14:06:00.000-08:00Nice blog, and nice collection of links!Nice blog, and nice collection of links!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-47196475562710631342009-02-24T23:33:00.000-08:002009-02-24T23:33:00.000-08:00Nan:If you're interested, I have another list of O...Nan:<BR/><BR/>If you're interested, I have another list of Old English months. January was "Wulfmonath" and the rest I'd have to look up, but I'll be glad to post this, if you don't mind too much. <BR/>Anne GAnne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.com