Thread: Michaelmas

"Ranée at Arabian Knits" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Do any of you eat anything special for Michaelmas? Surely there are
> some Catholics, Anglicans or Western Rite folks here.
>
> We eat blackberries, our last time eating them as blackberries until
> summer (we still eat things like blackberry jam, jelly, preserves,
> vinegar, etc). Each year we make a serpent out of sweet dough and fill
> it with pears or apples and dried cherries or dried cranberries,
> cinnamon and sugar. decorate it with slivered or sliced almonds, use red
> hots for the nostrils and bake it. Then we take skewers or knives and
> stab or cut it before everyone eats some of it.

Hmmm... My husband's family is Catholic and they don't even mention it. I
have Catholic friends as well and I've never heard of it.

"Ranée at Arabian Knits" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Do any of you eat anything special for Michaelmas? Surely there are
> some Catholics, Anglicans or Western Rite folks here.
>
> We eat blackberries, our last time eating them as blackberries until
> summer

12 years of Catholic school and I had to Google this to know what you are
talking about. I'm not one for church celebrations so I'd not have done
anything anyway.

"Ranée at Arabian Knits" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> Do any of you eat anything special for Michaelmas? Surely there are
> some Catholics, Anglicans or Western Rite folks here.
>
> We eat blackberries, our last time eating them as blackberries until
> summer (we still eat things like blackberry jam, jelly, preserves,
> vinegar, etc). Each year we make a serpent out of sweet dough and fill
> it with pears or apples and dried cherries or dried cranberries,
> cinnamon and sugar. decorate it with slivered or sliced almonds, use red
> hots for the nostrils and bake it. Then we take skewers or knives and
> stab or cut it before everyone eats some of it.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee @ Arabian Knits
>
> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
>
> http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

I should add this since I looked it up already

In British folklore, Old Michaelmas Day, 10th October, is the last day that
blackberries should be picked. It is said that on this day, when Lucifer
was expelled from Heaven, he fell from the skies, straight onto a blackberry
bush. He then cursed the fruit, scorched them with his fiery breath, spat
and stamped on them and made them unfit for consumption! And so the Irish
proverb goes:

"On Michaelmas Day the devil puts his foot on blackberries".

this is new to me, please explain further, Lee
"Ranée at Arabian Knits" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> Do any of you eat anything special for Michaelmas? Surely there are
> some Catholics, Anglicans or Western Rite folks here.
>
> We eat blackberries, our last time eating them as blackberries until
> summer (we still eat things like blackberry jam, jelly, preserves,
> vinegar, etc). Each year we make a serpent out of sweet dough and fill
> it with pears or apples and dried cherries or dried cranberries,
> cinnamon and sugar. decorate it with slivered or sliced almonds, use red
> hots for the nostrils and bake it. Then we take skewers or knives and
> stab or cut it before everyone eats some of it.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee @ Arabian Knits
>
> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
>
> http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

Ranee wrote:

> Do any of you eat anything special for Michaelmas? Surely there are
> some Catholics, Anglicans or Western Rite folks here.
>
> We eat blackberries, our last time eating them as blackberries until
> summer (we still eat things like blackberry jam, jelly, preserves,
> vinegar, etc). Each year we make a serpent out of sweet dough and fill
> it with pears or apples and dried cherries or dried cranberries,
> cinnamon and sugar. decorate it with slivered or sliced almonds, use red
> hots for the nostrils and bake it. Then we take skewers or knives and
> stab or cut it before everyone eats some of it.

Sounds like fun -- how about putting the blackberries on an angel-food cake?

Bob

In article <[email protected]>,
"Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote:

> this is new to me, please explain further, Lee

It is the feast of St. Michael and All Angels, commonly called
MIchaelmas. There are several legends and traditions that go with it,
most having nothing to do with religion. The serpent we make as a
symbol of the devil who was cast down by St. Michael. The children get
wooden "spears" and stab it, then we eat it.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

thanks, being a southern babtist sure is boring, Lee
"Ranée at Arabian Knits" <arabiankn[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> this is new to me, please explain further, Lee
>
> It is the feast of St. Michael and All Angels, commonly called
> MIchaelmas. There are several legends and traditions that go with it,
> most having nothing to do with religion. The serpent we make as a
> symbol of the devil who was cast down by St. Michael. The children get
> wooden "spears" and stab it, then we eat it.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee @ Arabian Knits
>
> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
>
> http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Ranée at Arabian Knits" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> Do any of you eat anything special for Michaelmas? Surely there are
>> some Catholics, Anglicans or Western Rite folks here.
>>
>> We eat blackberries, our last time eating them as blackberries until
>> summer
>
> 12 years of Catholic school and I had to Google this to know what you are
> talking about. I'm not one for church celebrations so I'd not have done
> anything anyway.
She claims this isn't a "religious" day yet she cites Catholics, Anglicans,
etc. And she quotes Proverbs in her sig line so obviously she's religious.
Michaelmas has everything to do with a church celebration. Apparently a
rather obscure one. It's not even listed on my calendar, and they list all
sorts of strange things on calendars

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Ranée at Arabian Knits" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> Do any of you eat anything special for Michaelmas? Surely there are
>>> some Catholics, Anglicans or Western Rite folks here.
>>>
>>> We eat blackberries, our last time eating them as blackberries until
>>> summer
>>
>> 12 years of Catholic school and I had to Google this to know what you are
>> talking about. I'm not one for church celebrations so I'd not have done
>> anything anyway.
> She claims this isn't a "religious" day yet she cites Catholics,
> Anglicans, etc. And she quotes Proverbs in her sig line so obviously
> she's religious. Michaelmas has everything to do with a church
> celebration. Apparently a rather obscure one. It's not even listed on my
> calendar, and they list all sorts of strange things on calendars

I never heard her claim she wasn't religious.

In article <[email protected]>,
"Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote:

> thanks, being a southern babtist sure is boring, Lee

LOL! We also celebrate the major feasts and saints and the
children's name days. Today is the feat of St. Jerome, so we do fun
things in honor of him for our Jerome. Including making cupcakes
decorated like lions.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

Jill wrote:

> She claims this isn't a "religious" day

No she didn't. Michaelmas is not a holy day of obligation (i.e., a day on
which you are supposed to go to church), but it's still OBVIOUSLY a
religious day. Got comprehension?

Bob

On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:19:38 -0700, "Julie Bove"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I never heard her claim she wasn't religious.

She's very religious, celebrates feast days too. Nothing wrong with
that.

--

You are what you eat, so avoid fruitcake and nuts.

"Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> wrote:
> Jill wrote:
>
> > She claims this isn't a "religious" day
>
> No she didn't. Michaelmas is not a holy day of obligation (i.e., a day
> on
> which you are supposed to go to church), but it's still OBVIOUSLY a
> religious day. Got comprehension?

Evidently not. I said that many of its traditions weren't religious, not
that it wasn't a religious holiday.

Julie Bove wrote:
> "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message

>> She claims this isn't a "religious" day yet she cites Catholics,
>> Anglicans, etc. And she quotes Proverbs in her sig line so obviously
>> she's religious. Michaelmas has everything to do with a church
>> celebration. Apparently a rather obscure one. It's not even listed on my
>> calendar, and they list all sorts of strange things on calendars
>
> I never heard her claim she wasn't religious.


I never saw where she claimed this celebration wasn't religious either.

On Sep 29, 4:41*pm, Ranée at Arabian Knits <arabiankn...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> * *Do any of you eat anything special for Michaelmas? *Surely thereare
> some Catholics, Anglicans or Western Rite folks here.
>
> * *We eat blackberries, our last time eating them as blackberries until
> summer (we still eat things like blackberry jam, jelly, preserves,
> vinegar, etc). *Each year we make a serpent out of sweet dough and fill
> it with pears or apples and dried cherries or dried cranberries,
> cinnamon and sugar. decorate it with slivered or sliced almonds, use red
> hots for the nostrils and bake it. *Then we take skewers or knives and
> stab or cut it before everyone eats some of it.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee @ Arabian Knits
>
> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
>
> http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

I'm Catholic and never heard of Michaelmas.

Lucille

now that is fun and a way to teach your faith in a way that will be cool for
the kids, Lee
"Ranée at Arabian Knits" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> thanks, being a southern babtist sure is boring, Lee
>
> LOL! We also celebrate the major feasts and saints and the
> children's name days. Today is the feat of St. Jerome, so we do fun
> things in honor of him for our Jerome. Including making cupcakes
> decorated like lions.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee @ Arabian Knits
>
> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
>
> http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/