Cuithe (Wind Moon)
Di Dòmhnaich, 6 An Giblean 2008
164.9.6.1 Cuithe
18 Ostermonth 1564
The sixth month of the Celtic year begins today. This is Cuithe (pronounced roughly like ‘Keeth-uh’), and is thought to mean the month of winds or the windy month. This could be related to the Gaelic ‘Gaoth’, wind, the genitive of which is ‘Gaoithe’ and is pronounce roughly like ‘gee-huh’. The Gaulish name for this month is Kutios. Normally, this os a ‘hollow’ month, i.e. only 29 days, but this year it is is ‘full’, containing one of the three or four ‘leap days’ in every 19-year lunar cycle.
In the Anglo-Saxon lunar calendar, the nominal full moon …