Happy Michaelmas, everyone! After you've paid your quarterly rent, it's time to tuck into a nice roast goose. Unless you want to chance it by waiting till Old Michaelmas (10 October), it's also the last day of the year for eating blackberries. Maybe as a pie for dessert? https://t.co/wHM4PCKQqE
According to tradition, today is the last day to pick blackberries because on Michaelmas - September 29th - the Archangel Michael threw Lucifer out of heaven, & he landed in a blackberry bush. Furious with the plant, Lucifer spat & urinated on it - making the fruits inedible! 1/2 https://t.co/J2ZeQ8ddwJ
Today is Michaelmas, the feast day of St Michael and all Angels.
Among other things, this day gives its name to the start of a legal term.
Pictured is a title rotulet for Michaelmas term from the reign of Elizabeth I.
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Today is #Michaelmas—the feast day of St Michael.
Traditionally marking the start of a new year, it also gives its name to the upcoming university term.
You can see it on line 3 of this account roll—abbreviated as ‘Mich’is’. Beautiful! 😍
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— New College Library and Archives, Oxford (@NewCollegeLib) September 29, 2022
Happy Michaelmas! Today is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels.
St Michael was the badass angel who defeated Lucifer in the war in heaven. Here he is in an illuminated manuscript (@britishlibrary) slaying a dragon.
Today is an important day for the Merchant Adventurers. A🧵 https://t.co/EPCqy55wGV
Happy Michaelmas day!
"The Michaelmas daisies, among dead weeds, bloom for St Michael's valorous deeds"
#Shropshire #Michaelmas https://t.co/RDy44pXPRc
Today is Michaelmas Day. The day is associated with the beginning of autumn and the shortening of days and in Eastbourne, also the date of the first recorded Fair in 1232. 1/ https://t.co/P0Czxp4LBo
Michaelmas Daisies are a great source of food for pollinators at this time of the year.
Today is Michaelmas Day - traditionally a day when rents were due, servants were hired and school terms began. It’s also the day that the new Lord Mayor of London is elected. https://t.co/3rv58cydwH
Michaelmas Day is a Cristian festival which honours the three Archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael. This day also represents the final day of the harvest season.