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In medieval times the feast was known as the "Gule of August", but the meaning of "gule" is unknown. Ronald Hutton suggests that it may be an Anglicisation of ''gwyl aust'', the Welsh name for August 1 meaning "feast of August", but this is not certain. If so, this points to a pre-Christian origin for Lammas among the Anglo-Saxon s and a link to the Gaelic festival of Lughnasadh . In modern Neo-Paganism , the name Lammas is used for one of the Sabbat s, taking place on August 1. This festival is also known as Lughnasadh. Lammas is one of the Scottish Quarter Days . Lammas is also a Finnish word and means Sheep . SEE ALSO REFERENCES
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