Editing Lammas (section)

==Other uses==
[[File:The Lammas Fair Glove, Exeter - geograph.org.uk - 4599549.jpg|thumb|upright|Exeter's Lammas Fair glove in 2015]]
===Neopaganism===
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Some [[Modern paganism|neopagans]] have adopted the name and date of Lammas, making it one of the harvest festivals in their [[Wheel of the Year]]. Other neopagans use the Gaelic name ''[[Lughnasa]]''. It is the first of the three autumn festivals, the others being the [[Autumn equinox (Northern Hemisphere)|autumn equinox]] and [[Samhain]]. In the Northern Hemisphere it takes place around 1 August, while in the Southern Hemisphere it is celebrated around 1 February.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nevill Drury|editor1-first=Murphy|editor1-last=Pizza|editor2-first=James R|editor2-last=Lewis|title=Handbook of Contemporary Paganism |year=2009|chapter=The Modern Magical Revival: Esbats and Sabbats|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwzttsI9-NwC&q=nevill+drury |pages=63–67 |location=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|isbn=9789004163737}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia |last=Hume |first=Lynne |year=1997 |publisher=Melbourne University Press |location=Melbourne |isbn=9780522847826}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Vos|first=Donna|title=Dancing Under an African Moon: Paganism and Wicca in South Africa |year=2002|pages=79–86|publisher=Zebra Press|location=Cape Town|isbn=9781868726530}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bodsworth|first=Roxanne T|title=Sunwyse: Celebrating the Sacred Wheel of the Year in Australia |year=2003|publisher=Hihorse Publishing|location=Victoria, Australia|isbn=9780909223038}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2020}}

===Horticulture===
''Lammas leaves'' or ''[[Lammas growth]]'' refers to a second crop of leaves produced in high summer by some species of trees in [[temperate countries]] to replace those lost to insect damage.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Eustace W. |date=1959 |title=Quercus L. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2257253 |journal=Journal of Ecology |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=169–222 |doi=10.2307/2257253 |jstor=2257253 |bibcode=1959JEcol..47..169J |issn=0022-0477}}</ref> They often differ slightly in shape, texture and/or hairiness from the earlier leaves. <ref>Guinness, Bunny (16 Aug 2006). "Late summer growth". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 2009-06-03.</ref>

[[Exeter]] in [[Devon]] is one of the few towns in England that still celebrates its Lammas Fair and has a processional custom which stretches back over 900 years, led by the Lord Mayor. During the fair a white glove on a pole decorated with garlands is raised above the [[Exeter Guildhall|Guildhall]]. The fair now takes place on the first Thursday in July.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parkman |first=Chloe |date=2020-07-02 |title=Bizarre Devon glove event cancelled for only third time in 900 years |url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-lammas-fair-cancelled-devon-4285091 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=DevonLive |language=en}}</ref>

A [[Low-impact development (UK)#Wales|low-impact development]] project at [[Llanfair-Nant-Gwyn|Tir y Gafel, Glandwr]], Pembrokeshire,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://lammas.org.uk/en/welcome-to-lammas/| title = Project homepage}}</ref> [[Lammas Ecovillage]], is a collective initiative for nine self-built homes.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.selfbuild-central.co.uk/first-ideas/examples/lammas-eco-village/| title = Self build central images}}</ref> It was the first such project to obtain planning permission based on a predecessor of what is now the sixth national planning guidance<ref>{{cite web| url = http://lammas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Tir-y-Gafel-Annual-Monitoring-Report-2012.pdf| title = Annual Monitoring Report (PDF)}}</ref> for sustainable rural communities originally proposed by the One Planet Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Image Archive &#124; One Planet Council|url=http://www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk/resources-images/|access-date=2022-01-14|language=en-US}}</ref>

===In popular culture===
* In the ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' episode "Day of the Devil", Lammas Day is presented as a Satanic (un)holy day, "the Devil's day".<ref>{{Citation|title='Inspector Morse' The Day of the Devil (1993) Reviews & Ratings|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0611651/reviews |access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref>
* Lammas is a prominent plot point in the novel, ''[[Lammas Night]]'' (1983) by [[Katherine Kurtz]].