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2 unusual facts about Yule


Dorothy Morrison

Yule: A Celebration of Light and Warmth (2000) Llewellyn Publications ISBN 1-56718-496-0, ISBN 978-1-56718-496-9

Finn and Hengest

Around the year AD 450, Hnæf sails to Frys-Land in the autumn; his purpose is to return Finn's now-grown son and spend the winter in Finn's citadel, celebrating Yule.


Eleanor Yule

Eleanor Yule is a Scottish film director, best known for her feature film Blinded and her television documentaries with Michael Palin.

Emma Richmond

Christmas Journeys (1995) (with Catherine George, Kay Gregory and Lynsey Stevens) (Yule Tide, Man to Live For, Mistletoe Kisses, Christmas Charade)

Finnish neopaganism

Various traditional festivals are followed, including Hela (a festival celebrating the coming of spring and the new growing season), Juhannus or Ukon juhla (the midsummer festival), Kekri (a celebration of harvest and the ancestors) and Joulu, the winter solstice.

Local Licks: Yule Rock!

Local Licks: Yule Rock! is a Holiday album released by KLBJ featuring local Austin musicians.

Marble, Colorado

The town is the location of a historic Yule Marble quarry along the mountains that began operations in the late 19th century, and from which the town draws its name.

Sida clementii

The species was first formally described by Czech botanist Karel Domin in 1930 in Bibliotheca Botanica, from plant material collected by Emile Clement between the Ashburton and Yule Rivers.

Sonargöltr

As Jacob Grimm pointed out, the serving of a boar's head at banquets and particularly at Queen's College, Oxford may also be a reminiscence of the Yule boar-blót.

St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow

There is Holy Communion at Christmas (which Wodrow calls Yule) and Easter with, in 1713, an altar being set up in anticipation (perhaps an indication that Communion was infrequent).

Tephrosia clementii

The species was first formally described by S.A.Skan in 1903 in Icones Plantarum, from a collection by Emile Clement between the Ashburton and Yule Rivers.

The Festival

The story is set at Christmas time: "It was the Yuletide, that men call Christmas though they know in their hearts it is older than Bethlehem and Babylon, older than Memphis and mankind."

Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto

Catto and Yule also formed Yule Catto & Company Ltd, which is now known as Yule Catto & Co plc and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Warcraft: Legends

I Got What Yule Need: From acclaimed writer Christie Golden comes the tale of a down-on-his-luck goblin named Krizz looking for a way to make some easy coin... even if that means playing Greatfather Winter.

Willie Alexander

After completing the tour on November 21, 1971, in Groningen, the band planned to start recording a new album, but band manager Steve Sesnick sent all of the band but Yule home, presumably to retain maximum control of the product (the resulting album was Squeeze, released in 1973) and effectively ending Alexander's time with the band.

Witches' Sabbath

The modern Sabbats that many Wiccans and Neo-Pagans now follow are: Imbolc (February 2), Ostara (Spring Equinox), Beltane (May 1), Litha (Summer Solstice), Lammas (August 1), Mabon (Autumn Equinox), Samhain (October 31) and Yule (Winter Solstice).

Yule House

In sans-serif Eric Gill style letter face, ‘YULE HOUSE,’ is embossed in plate metal above the entrance on the first floor horizontal beam.


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