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Harvest – October 1918
Only one harvest day in a whole week. The floods subsided and a strong wind scattered the clouds, leaving, stretches of blue sky from which the sun sent down his beams to help in the drying of the poor weather … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Farming
Tagged apples, black berries, brambles, bramblings, harvest, rain, siberian jam, weather
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Mysterious Presence at Hogmanay – January 1903
So far back go the origins of Hogmanay that etymologists can only guess at the meaning of the word. Here, however, is one etymology which may serve as an instance: Au gui menez, meaning in French, lead to the mistletoe, … Continue reading
