Loomtide

Loomtide was formerly holiday celebrated in the Kingdom of Pem, which consisted of a week of festivities and revelries following the end of the spring shearing season, as the wool was sent off to be carded, spun and loomed into fabric. 
The holiday was abandoned in the year W.S. 5 (476 BGE) following the simultaneous outbreak of the so-called Loomtide Plague, with the festival being ultimately abolished by royal decree Order-in-Council five years later in W.S. 10 (471 BGE) following the end of the plague. The abolition is traditionally credited to widespread public demand to forget the tragedies of the plague years in the plague's aftermath. However it has also been argued that the decline of the Pemblish Fleecers' Company and its wool trade, as well as the ascendency of rival organisations may also have contributed to the removal of Loomtide from the Pemblish calendar.
Many Loomstide traditions subsequently became associated with the previously religious-focused Colourstide, as the holiday rapidly evolved into a more secular holiday following the abolition of Loomtide. This included bladderwhacking, leaf dancing, and the baking of Jonah Cakes.
Category:Festivals
Category:Pemblish Culture