# Yo Pagans! Check this out. **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [February 12, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544 "2009-02-12T16:05:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 12 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/1 "2009-02-12T16:05:37Z")
[Beltane](http://www.beltanefestival.com/)in Denver, anyone? ---
### Author: ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/2 "2009-02-12T16:31:40Z")
I’m an independent pagan. ---
### Author: ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/3 "2009-02-12T17:16:27Z")
Might be worth checking out. Thanks! I don’t see myself camping there, but maybe an evening visit would be fun. Wait - “No pets, firearms, or fireworks please.” Dang. First they say to bring “Your own magical / ritual items” and then they say no firearms. Hello! The Colt 1911 has replaced the athame for some of us. And they expect me to do rituals without our pet hedgehog? What, are they going to supply familiars? 😃 ---
### Author: ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/4 "2009-02-12T17:32:12Z")
Luckily, bear traps don’t count as firearms. 😛 ---
### Author: ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/5 "2009-02-12T18:45:43Z")
May 8th - 10th??? Beltaine is supposed to be on May 1st. Sheesh ---
### Author: ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/6 "2009-02-12T18:47:01Z")
I’ve already purchased my tickets and gathered a group of friends to camp together. I know the group organizing it. ---
### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/7 "2009-02-12T18:57:37Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > I’ve already purchased my tickets and gathered a group of friends to camp together. I know the group organizing it. Really? My ex is one of the organizers. Tiny little old world, eh? ---
### Author: ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/8 "2009-02-12T19:53:47Z")
“Songstress”? Why can’t they just say “singer”? ---
### Author: ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/9 "2009-02-12T20:04:37Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > May 8th - 10th??? Beltaine is supposed to be on May 1st. Sheesh Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. But have you ever tried to get a herd of pagans to do something on time? A group of 13 or less would be considered a coven (like a covey of quail, right?) but once you get above that number it’s so disorganized that even “herd” implies more coherency than is displayed… Hmm, a Din of Scouts, a Skulk of Foxes, A _Chatter_ of Pagans? ---
### Author: ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/10 "2009-02-12T20:25:33Z")
> [@Litoris](#): > > “Songstress”? Why can’t they just say “singer”? The term implies tresses? 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/11 "2009-02-12T20:28:41Z")
Former Pagan checking in: man, if I were closer to Denver, I’d consider it. It would be nice to get back to nature in an outdoor setting with religious people. I could still get into it all, personally. ---
### Author: ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso) #### Post date: [February 12, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-pagans-check-this-out/485544/12 "2009-02-12T20:30:48Z")
Sounds cool, but too far away for me.