Calendar of the Sun
14 Weodmonath
Rice and Millet Day
Color: Brown
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a brown cloth lay bowls of cooked rice, bowls of cooked millet, a jug of African
beer and a jug of sake.
Offering: Give food to the poor.
Daily Meal: Food made with rice and millet.
Rice and Millet Invocation
(First the beer and sake is passed around, and the remainder poured out as a libation.)
I sing the praises of Rice.
Great grain of Asia,
Fruit of a million paddies,
Life of a billion people,
Grain of the rat god Daikoku,
Giver of prosperity,
I sing the praises of Rice.
(The rice porridge is passed around until it is eaten.)
I sing the praises of Millet,
Great grain of Africa,
Planted in the hot fields
Among the yams and melons
Grain of the warmest sun
Yin to buckwheat's yang
I sing the praises of Millet.
(The millet porridge is passed around until it is eaten.)
Song: Lammas Prayer
[Pagan Book of Hours]