medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
My grandmother -- a staunch protestant had a (US) version of this, don't plant
until Memorial Day. In her old age, it also meant a holiday when young 'uns
were around to help out.
Kit
On Wed, 16 May 2007 17:23:14 -0400
Charles Giguere <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Thanks. In the future I shall know better than to plant annuals before
>these saints have their turn.
> Bernadette
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frans van Liere" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [M-R] weather saints
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>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>> In Dutch, they are called "ijsheiligen". My mother always reminded me
>> about
>> them; she was neither a peasant nor a meteorolist. Neither was she
>> particularly
>> superstitious. I didn't know that Sophia was among them, however; I only
>> heard
>> about the first three Karl mentioned.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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