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22 March. The days brighten and lengthen:
“It is now March, and the Air is sharp, but the Sunne is comfortable, and the day begins to lengthen: the forward Gardens give good Salads, and a nosegay of Violets is a present for a Lady.”
(Breton, 1626)
#SpringEquinox #Fridayfeeling

20 March. Observe the full moon at its perigee:
“The stars about the lovely moon
Fade back and vanish very soon,
When, round and full, her silver face
Swims into sight, and lights all space.”
(Sappho Ill. Mengin)
#supermoon

18 March. Hares now breeding:
"To carry a hare’s foot is very lucky – but only if it contains jointed bones…& is a sovereign remedy against gout, stomach pains & insomnia."

#folklore #lucky

11 March. The wood anemone or wind-flower, named after anemos (the wind) now flowering.
“March winds & April showers,
Bring forth May flowers.”
#weather #flowers

(Ill: Windswept by J Waterhouse)

7 March. Sow garden herbs now:

“In March & in April from morning to night,
In sowing & setting good housewives delight,
To have in a garden or other like plot,
To physic their house, or to furnish their pot.”
(Good husbandry 1753)
Ill: Waterhouse
#FolkloreThursday #gardening

6 March. Ash Wednesday The first day of Lent. A holy day of fasting and repentance when ashes are smeared on the foreheads of churchgoers.

"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
#Lent #AshWednesday

12 February. Alder catkins now beginning to appear.
“Alder wood is likewise useful … for such works as are under water, for it will harden like stone.” (Evelyn 1664)

And especially for clogs:
“Alder for shoes
Do wise men choose.”
Ill C M Barker
#folklore #wildlife

5 February St Agatha’s Day. Seek a cure for sore breasts.
St Agatha, martyr, is invoked against breast disorders. She is also patroness of bellfounders & bakers.
#folklore #TuesdayThoughts

26 January. Shun winter melancholy at this dark season:

"To bedward be you merry, or have merry company about you, so that to bedward no anger nor heaviness, sorrow or pensiveness do trouble or disquiet you. "(Dietary of Health, 1547)
Ill. Jan Steen

For #BurnsNight2019 - here is Tam O'Shanter fleeing the 'Hellish Legion' pulling Meg's tail, courtesy of William Scarse. Lady Ada Lovelace named her beloved if "very wild and ... quite vicious" stallion Tom O'Shanter #folklore #horses #poetry