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I know that most pagans in the northern hemisphere celebrate
Beltane on May 1 while many in the southern hemisphere
celebrate Samhain then.

So does anyone (pagan or not) Down Under celebrate
Hallowe’en (Samhain Eve) on the evening/night of April 30?

Of course here in Canada April 30 is tax deadline. :-)

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David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)

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On Mon, 29 Apr 2024, David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

Of course here in Canada April 30 is tax deadline. :-)

Go back to Newfoundland, you twit, and ask them why they lost their independence in 1936.

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On Apr 29, 2024, Willy Nilly wrote
(in article <66304c41.1041283921@news.mixmin.net>):

On Mon, 29 Apr 2024, David Dalton<dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

Of course here in Canada April 30 is tax deadline. :-)

Go back to Newfoundland, you twit, and ask them why they lost their independence in 1936.

It was an a result of Newfoundland spending a lot in lives and
money to support the UK in the First World War.

Also, there was a conspiracy in which the UK gave Newfoundland
to Canada in 1949, when perhaps joining the USA should have
been on that second ballot. The conspiracy is depicted (partially fictionalized) in the movie Secret Nation, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiIOurc19aA
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf_nilzn3OM .

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David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)

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On Tue, 30 Apr 2024, David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

On Apr 29, 2024, Willy Nilly wrote

Go back to Newfoundland, you twit, and ask them why they lost their
independence in 1936.

It was an a result of Newfoundland spending a lot in lives and
money to support the UK in the First World War.

Also, there was a conspiracy in which the UK gave Newfoundland
to Canada in 1949, when perhaps joining the USA should have
been on that second ballot. The conspiracy is depicted (partially >fictionalized) in the movie Secret Nation, available at >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiIOurc19aA
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf_nilzn3OM .

Now that is very interesting, thanks.

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David Dalton wrote on 30/4/24 9:01 am:

I know that most pagans in the northern hemisphere celebrate
Beltane on May 1 while many in the southern hemisphere
celebrate Samhain then.

So does anyone (pagan or not) Down Under celebrate
Hallowe’en (Samhain Eve) on the evening/night of April 30?

Never heard of it previously .... so NO!!

Of course here in Canada April 30 is tax deadline. :-)

Roughly that time of year in Aus as well .... if you get your Tax Return
done by an Accountant. (Might actually be 15th/16th April or thereabouts!)
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Daniel

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On Apr 29, 2024, David Dalton wrote
(in article<0001HW.2BE05E4F003E454A70000FF8838F@news.eternal-september.org>):

I know that most pagans in the northern hemisphere celebrate
Beltane on May 1 while many in the southern hemisphere
celebrate Samhain then.

However, if you define it as halfway between the equinox and
the solstice, it is exactly 1158 UTC May 5, 2024, not May 1.

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David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)

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