This is the autumnal equinox when the God prepares to leave and the Goddess rests. This is celebrated today as the Harvest Home feast. This is a holiday to celebrate the abundance of the Earth.
Traditional foods for Mabon include squash pies, nutbread, smoked meats, smoked or roasted poultry, bean soup, and wine made of grapes or currants.
*Make a protection charm of hazelnuts strung on red thresad
*Hang dried ears of corn on the front door, doorposts, or outside light fixtures
*Serve a Mabon meal of wine from the God and beans and squashes from the Goddess.
*Collect milkweed pods to decorate at Yuletide and attract the fairies
*Call upon the elementals for help