*Ø* Eat your blackberries before the Devil pisses on them
Holy Rood Eve, OS (Old Style calendar)
Last blackberry-eating day, Scotland
The last day to pick and eat blackberries because the Devil poisons them (urinates on them) on September 26, Old Holy Rood Day (rood = cross).
However, in most parts of England the equivalent day was Michaelmas (now September 29). Because some say that Satan keeps the old calendar, in England blackberries are safe to eat until old Michaelmas Eve (October 10).
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with many more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date (or your birthday) when you're there.
Holy Rood Eve, OS (Old Style calendar)
Last blackberry-eating day, Scotland
The last day to pick and eat blackberries because the Devil poisons them (urinates on them) on September 26, Old Holy Rood Day (rood = cross).
However, in most parts of England the equivalent day was Michaelmas (now September 29). Because some say that Satan keeps the old calendar, in England blackberries are safe to eat until old Michaelmas Eve (October 10).
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with many more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date (or your birthday) when you're there.
Pip Wilson posted item above at 11:38 PM | Permalink
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