Collective
name for four of the eight
sabbats or
holidays celebrated in
neopagan traditions including
Wicca and
Druidism. These holidays are roughly half way between the Quarters of the
year which are the Summer and Winter
Solstices and the Vernal and Autumnal
Equinoxes. The Cross Quarters consist of
Samhain (or
Holloween),
Bridget,
Beltane (or
May Day) and
Lughnasad.