{"id":455,"date":"2005-06-21T04:47:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-21T04:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=455"},"modified":"2005-06-21T04:47:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-21T04:47:00","slug":"455","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=455","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrating the wrong solstice<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Britain, it’s time for media coverage of the summer solstice mob at Stonehenge and elsewhere, but some archaeologists think that today’s Pagans and friends are celebrating the wrong solstice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s all in the pig bones, you see.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph<\/em> newspaper editorializes<\/a>,”And so this multicultural nanny [English Heritage] appointed by Parliament to nurse our stocks and stones takes a leading place in the summer solstice industry.” (Registration may be required.)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some of the preservation organization’s staff think this is the perfect time for a job action<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrating the wrong solstice In Britain, it’s time for media coverage of the summer solstice mob at Stonehenge and elsewhere, but some archaeologists think that today’s Pagans and friends are celebrating the wrong solstice. It’s all in the pig bones, you see. The Telegraph newspaper editorializes,”And so this multicultural nanny [English Heritage] appointed by Parliament […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-455","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5738,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5738","url_meta":{"origin":455,"position":0},"title":"Celebrating a Slavic Solstice","author":"Chas S. 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