The 1st of August is Lughnasadh.
The celebration of the coming harvest. Berries, and grains were being harvested now. The God Lugh, is honored in the Gaelic lands.

Lugh, the bright god, joined the other Irish gods in a great battle against their foes, the formor. Lughnasdh is the day he was wounded, he finally dies three days before Samhaine. However, this harvest festival usually dedicated to Lugh was very often dedicated to his foster mother Tailltu.

This was an important festival to the agricultural gaelic peoples. The season of war came to an end and men returned to their feilds for the harvest. Regional fairs and markets were held. The last of the preserved stores from the past year were used up, and the new harvest prepared. Lugh's foster mother was Tailltiu, a goddess of the land. The symbol of the land goddess was the horse. Horses were an improtant part of the ancient Irish celebrations of Lughnasadh. Horse races were common, and in coastal communities, horses were driven into the sea as a blessing.