# Lammas [[The 'Old Statistical Account of Scotland' assigns the annual Lammas Festival as the loci for trial marriages.|The 'Old Statistical Account of Scotland' assigns the annual Lammas Festival as the loci for trial marriages.]][^1] [[Pennant, in 1772, wrote 'Unmarried men and women met each year at the Lammas Festival, at which time they selected a partner with whom they 'handfasted' themselves until the next Lammas festival, a year and a day later.'|Pennant, in 1772, wrote 'Unmarried men and women met each year at the Lammas Festival, at which time they selected a partner with whom they 'handfasted' themselves until the next Lammas festival, a year and a day later.']][^2] [^1]: Lynda Pinney Domino, ‘[[Domino. ‘He kept her the space of a year_ Celtic secular marriage in Late Medieval Scotland’, 2003.|He kept her the space of a year: Celtic secular marriage in Late Medieval Scotland]]’ (Master’s thesis, University of Iowa, 2003), p. 28. [^2]: Lynda Pinney Domino, ‘[[Domino. ‘He kept her the space of a year_ Celtic secular marriage in Late Medieval Scotland’, 2003.|He kept her the space of a year: Celtic secular marriage in Late Medieval Scotland]]’ (Master’s thesis, University of Iowa, 2003), p. 27.