#sumble

Passing the horn (specifically) is a thing in some individual druid groups, but possibly more in eclectic groups. First I want to make mention of a ritual called a sumbel which is more of a Heathen or Asatru tradition. 

I’ve attended a couple sumbels, in which a horn of mead is passed and we drink to the gods, the horn is passed again and we drink to the ancestors, the horn is passed again, and it devolves into boasting and toasting and gets really loud after that. 

In terms of druid rituals that I’ve attended, passing a chalice is much more common than a drinking horn. I think there was a drinking horn at Northern Roots Grove’s 2016 midwinter solstice ritual filled with “Viking Blod” mead. Good stuff, by the way.

In a Keltrian ritual the mead makes the rounds while everyone sings the Mead Chant:

 Pass the cup and share the bounty Of this golden mead. Oh milk of clover, yeast and bee, Unite us in our creed. Pass the horn and share the blessings Of this sacred brew, That all may know the joy to be The Children of Danu!

It sounds somewhat similar to The Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle which makes it a fun song.

Of course, no RDNA ritual would be complete without passing a chalice of the Waters!

And in ADF rituals, the chalice is imbued with a blessing sought through divination:

And then the chalice is passed in affirmation of the blessings.