Weather - If Bullion's Day
be dry, there will be an early harvest.
If the deer rise up dry and
lie down dry on Bullion's day, there will be a good harvest.
If it rains on Bullion's
Day, it will rain for forty days.
If it rains on the fourth of
July, there will be no grapes that year.
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In medieval calendars, the
translation of the relics of St. Martin of Tours [NOT ‘of Bullion’] was
celebrated today.
At Tours, the translation of St. Martin, bishop and confessor, and the
Dedication of his Basilica, which took place on the anniversary of his
elevation to the episcopate some years previous.
Roman Martyrology
This is the same Saint
Martin celebrated on 11 November, who divided his soldier’s cloak to cover a
beggar, only to see a vision of Christ wearing it. He later became a bishop.
Pace
Robert Chambers and all who copy him, but the ‘Bullion’ part of his name comes
from the French le bouilliant (the
boiling), a perfect description of his summer feast day, and a way to
differentiate it from that of November.
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This is also the Widow’s
wedding anniversary. You’ll never
guess what our wedding colors were.
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| The Shot-gun wedding photo (no it actually wasn't, but thanks for asking) |
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| The local bakery had a lot of fun with this |
My love, I promised ‘til
death us do part’.
Not even death, my dearest
friend, not even death…
