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Reddit mentions of The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
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> Every six weeks is a sabbat
8 sabbats separated by six weeks each would make a 48 week year. Actually the minor sabbats (solstices and equinoxes) are seven weeks after the last major sabbat, while the major sabbats are six weeks after the last minor.
There's various issues around the names. Eostre is Germanic so shouldn't be used in a Celtic context. Ditto Litha, though there's no historic evidence I'm aware of that the solstice was ever historically called Litha. Mabon is an invention of Aiden Kelley, the autumn equinox was never called that by the celts or anyone else. Yule, again, is Germanic.
For a sensible and informed discussion of the festivals I would recommend Ron Hutton's The Stations of the Sun. Professor Hutton knows his stuff.
Mike Nichols has a collection of essays on the sabbats.
Book wise, "Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain" by Ronald Hutton is scholarly text detailing their origins and practices.
There are tons of videos on YouTube, you'll have to sort through them for those that focus on the historical side.
Ronald Hutton's Stations of the Sun does a fantastic (if sometimes dry) job of exploring the development of the modern pagan wheel of the year and the holidays therein.