1st: Festival of the First Lambs (sacred to Juno)

This early spring festival is one that all women are expected to participate in, as it is dedicated to Juno. The Temple of Juno will light a bonfire with prayers and hymns to the goddess, and water from Juno's sacred well is drunk for healing purposes, or in hopes of conceiving. It is the traditional start of the spring cleaning, and a woollen doll is often placed somewhere to represent Juno blessing the home with her presence. 

A piece of weather folklore is that if the weather is cold and wet today, spring is just around the corner, while if it is a fine day, there are still seven more weeks of winter ahead. The traditional meal this day is cream of leek soup, corned beef with mashed potato and cabbage, and pancakes topped with butter, cream cheese, and honey.  

7th: Annual Football Match Between Camden and Verlamion

A hotly-contested football match between the city of Camden and its rival, the nearby city of Verlamion. The public cheers on its side, and afterwards there is much drinking and brawling.   

14th: Day of the Ancestors (sacred to Vesta) PUBLIC HOLIDAY

On this solemn day do families visit the tombs of their ancestors with pots of snowdrops. All temples are closed, marriages are forbidden, and public business is stopped. It is a day to remember the beloved dead and do them honour.

17th: Day of the Bakers

This day is set aside for all bakers and bakeries in the kingdom, who vie in contests for prize money and sell their wares at fairs in towns and cities. The best day of the year to buy bread, buns, cakes, and pies. 

 22nd: Day of the Family

This day do families gather together for a private dinner where each person contributes a particular dish or treat. Gifts of food, wine, and money are exchanged, and all disputes put aside this day, for all kindred must make up their quarrels at least one day a year. 

23rd: Day of Boundaries

This day do landowners visit the boundary stones that mark the limits of their property to renew them. The stones are decorated with leaves and flowers, and prayers said and hymns sung over them. As neighbours must meet at the boundary where their properties join, it is usual to share a drink together, and often to invite each other to a meal. Through this annual ritual is friendship between neighbours encouraged.    

24th: Feast of the King (sacred to Jupiter) PUBLIC HOLIDAY

All Lindensea takes holiday today to honour King Bernard. There is worship at the Temple of Jupiter before the king takes part in a blessing ceremony of the palace and the parliament. There are parades and singing, common people hold parties, and in the evening is a grand banquet and ball.   

27th: Festival of the Royal Cavalry (sacred to Mars)

A military display in which the king leads the cavalry in a procession through the streets of Camden, to be followed by a military band playing music. It is a great spectacle for the public, and another chance to see the king in person.  

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