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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Beltane .
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Examples
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In Irish Gaelic the month is known as Bealtaine and the festival as Lá Bealtaine ( 'day of Bealtaine' or, 'May Day').
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In Irish Gaelic the month is known as Bealtaine and the festival as Lá Bealtaine ( 'day of Bealtaine' or, 'May Day').
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Placenames in Ireland which contain remnants of the word 'Bealtaine' include a number of places called 'Beltany' - indicating places where Bealtaine festivities were once held.
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Placenames in Ireland which contain remnants of the word 'Bealtaine' include a number of places called 'Beltany' - indicating places where Bealtaine festivities were once held.
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She is reborn as the beautiful young Goddess on Bealtaine, May 1st.
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She is reborn as the beautiful young Goddess on Bealtaine, May 1st.
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It was the ancient seat of the kings of Meath, the most sacred site in the world in Pagan times, and home of the ancient festival of the fires, Bealtaine, which attracted Egyptians up the Shannon 2,000 years ago.
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Then there was no mistaking what world this was: there was the distinctive western coastline of the Iapetus Ocean, and the Summer Islands just across the Bealtaine Strait.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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She is reborn as the beautiful young Goddess on Bealtaine, May 1st.
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Then there was no mistaking what world this was: there was the distinctive western coastline of the Iapetus Ocean, and the Summer Islands just across the Bealtaine Strait.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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