Day of St. James the Great, patron saint of Spain.

Festival of St. Christopher. French fishermen say that the flounder has a crooked mouth because it made faces instead of listening when St. Christoper preached a sermon to the fishes. St. Christopher, who carried Jesus on his back across a stream, is the patron saint of travellers.

If you plant turnips on the twenty-fifth of July,
You will have turnips, wet or dry.

July 23:

King Ludwig I of Baravia so loved to look at pretty faces that he complained bitterly of
the fashion of wearing veils that prevailed at the time. This was well known by the women of the region, who would quickly raise their veils when they saw him coming.

A Cowslip Pudding

Take two quarts of cowslip pips, pound them small, with half a pound of Naples biscuit grated, and three pints of cream. Boil these together, th en beat up ten eggs with a little cream and rose water, sweeten to your taste, mix the whole well, butter a dish, and pour the ingredients in, with a little fine sugar over all, and bake it.


July 24:

The sun enters the fifth zodiac sign of the year, Leo.

This is the day in 1284 when a musician dressed in a patched,mulitcolored coat -- thus known as the Pied Pieper -- appeared in the town of Hamel, in Brunswick, struck his bargain, and exacted his famous revenge when the burghers reneged.

To get rid of the sting of a nettle or other vegetable: Rub the afflicted part with balm, rosemary, mint, or any other aromatic herb, and the smart will at once cease.

It was once belived that milk should be used to extinguish forest fires.

The word of the day is manbeast. Thanks, crevette!

I blame ivy_chan and melvh.

And another one!

Asshole only gave me $300.

I have a hardcopy of The Well and the Tree, in a protective cover. Spine's in very good condition.

There's a like new copy going for $317 on half.com.

It's a hard to find book. I know it is. I could probably get about $150 for it.

But.

I hate selling books.

But.

I need the money.

*whimper*

( half.com, why are you stupid? )

Wrote this about april_art's character.

( Tandeya )

The first Parliament with the Commons (common people) represented, 1265. Although the nobles remained in firm control, this was the first time that the principle of popular representation was acknowledged.

St. Agnes' Eve. According to tradition, a girl who goes to sleep without supper will dream of the man she is to marry. Keats wrote:

...upon St. Agnes's Eve
Young virgins might have visions of delight...
If ceremonies due they did aright.

( January 18 )



Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
The sting is not so sharp
As friendship remembered not.
Heigh-ho! sing....
- Shakespeare, As You Like It