Song kwa Stormwitch about Scandinavia's Walpurgis Night - the pagan ceremony April 30 to bring in the Spring involving bonfires, singing, and rabid drunkeness
How real Witches celebrate Samhain. Excepts from the Witches' Ball, Samhain Ritual, Dumb Supper, and Samhain Spirit mduara, duara held at Trinity Temple in Albany, NY, Samhain 2006.
She says: "this is about a besom/broom blessing ritual.. the besom is very significant in a witches/wiccans life, it is our companion and protector, and at some point a familiar."