A whiteboard in front of library shelves with signage reading "What I wish I'd known..." and further instructions reading "share your tips for thriving in Michaelmas term and getting the most out of your library!"
We're asking library users to share their tips for getting the most out of Michaelmas term. Visit the whiteboard in the central library space to pass on your wisdom! #chematcam #michaelmas
Some interesting Michaelmas #folklore : www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com/en/insights/... #michaelmas #lore #quarterdays
Recovering today from a wild Michaelmas of watching Hound of the Baskervilles and eating blackberry pie. A real Sir Hugo-style rager!
#Michaelmas #Baskervilles #SirHugo #SherlockHolmes
A little flower breaks its silence, petals unfurling like shields of light. Frail, yet defiant, it honours the Archangel’s victory, a bright hymn against the gathering dark. #Michaelmas
#JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Orgulloyprejuicio #PrideandPrejudice #Michaelmas #DíadeSanMiguel 29 de septiembre.
#PatriciaMeyerSpacks explica en su edición anotada ( #HarvardUniversityPress en #inglés y #EdicionesAkal en #español) esta fecha.
🌟✨ Michaelmas (Sept 29) honors St. Michael the Archangel, symbolizing light over darkness. Once a medieval quarter day, it marked harvest’s end with goose feasts, fairs & bannocks—plus folklore of blackberries cursed after his fall. 🍇🔥
#Michaelmas #LightOverDarkness #HarvestTraditions
Etymologically speaking you should find goose served in a smorgasbord. Goose has a pretty straight forward history, from Old English gos, Proto-Germanic *gans-, and Proto-Indo-European *ghans- meaning “goose, swan” and is probably imitative of the honking sound the bird makes. Unsurprisingly Swedish has the word gås “goose”. What is more surprising is the Swedish compound word smörgås, which is literally “butter-goose” but is used to mean “slice of bread with butter”. The first element smör, related to English smear, is Swedish for “butter” and in this context gås means “lump of butter” by way of comparison to goose fat. Smörgåsbord then, with bord (related to English board) meaning “table”, came to refer to food served buffet-style, and entered English as smorgasbord eventually gaining the figurative sense of “medley, miscellany”.
Today is Goose Day when geese are often eaten for Michaelmas, so the #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is GOOSE/SMORGASBORD #wotd #goose #smorgasbord #gooseday #Michaelmas
Today is the Feast Day of Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael on the Roman Catholic Church calendar. The feast day is on the Episcopal Church calendar, but it instead is called, "The Feast Day of St. Michael and All Angels."
#Anglican #Catholic #michaelmas #saints #angels
It’s St Michael’s Day. #Michaelmas
Lovely half timbered church. St Michael’s Alcar, Sefton
A lovely church local to me
#churchcrawling
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One of the messages of today’s great #Michaelmas poem, Rebecca. ‘Bavarian Gentians’ by DH Lawrence, who indeed did not have enough time …
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The third of the quarter days and beginning of autumn, of darker nights and colder days. Happy Michaelmas! My goose has been fattened on the stubble from the fields after harvest: ‘Eat a goose on Michaelmas Day, want not for money all the year’, or so they say! #Michaelmas #AllAngels
And here is DH Lawrence at his poetic best commemorating ‘Soft September, at slow, sad #Michaelmas’
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Happy #Michaelmas also from the inimitable Benjamin Britten & a truly splendid choral celebration of this day: 'The Company of Heaven'. Listen for the wonderful voices of the late great Peter Barkworth & Sheila Allen in this outstanding recording
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Portrait: pink Michaelmas daisies (New England asters) with yellow centres
Portrait: close-up of autumnal leaves on a tree (potentially an Indian horse chestnut) and a smooth seed case just opening to reveal a conker inside
Portrait: quince growing on a tree; blurred in the background are other quince trees, plus a small stone plinth (atop which is a metal statue of a giant snail)
Early autumn views from yesterday's visit to Cerney House Gardens, incl. some #Michaelmas daisies (since today is the Feast of St Michael & All Angels). I was delighted to find quince on sale in the Potting Shed - will be upgrading this year's homemade medlar jelly to quince & medlar jelly!
#CofE
A close up photograph of shiny black bramble berries overlaid with the text: Is it time to stop eating brambles?
Today is #Michaelmas, and legend has it that the devil will spit and urinate on any #blackberries still on bushes. So think twice before you tuck in after today!😈
It might just be a coincidence that the berries tend to be past their best by this time of year anyway.😜
A stylized painting of a dark-skinned angel with curly hair and large purple wings, standing barefoot in a posture of strength and reverence. The angel wears green and red garments with intricate patterns and is adorned with jewelry—necklaces, arm bands, and a beaded belt. Their hands are clasped in prayer. A coiled snake lies near their feet, symbolizing evil subdued. The background glows with warm hues of yellow and red, bordered by a black and white decorative frame. The image evokes divine protection, cosmic struggle, and dignity.
On this feast of St. Michael and All Angels, we remember: the fight against injustice is not ours alone. Heaven stands with us. 🗡️🪽
Art: "St. Michael Archangel" by Br. Mickey McGrath, OSFS (www.bromickeymcgrath.com/)
#Michaelmas #stmichaelthearchangel
#michaelthearchangel #sacredart #mickeymcgrath
St. Michael's Day is here! Welcome to Netherfield…it's Michaelmas! Also, your quarterly rents are due.
#janeite #JASNA #feastofstmichael #netherfield #michaelmas #janeausten
À la Saint Miché les pithots et à Noué les picots soundcloud.com/jerriais/a-l... - at #Michaelmas geese & at Christmas turkeys #Jèrriais
St Michael, against a bright background, dominates the upper half of the panel as he strides forward, wings out, sword up, feet on a cloud. To each side, other flying angels wield swords as the rebel angels fall and are transformed into grotesque non-human forms and dissolved into dark abstractions. A strange figure of God the father is seen obliquely in the framing arch of the panel, arms extended, looking down, and directing the action.
An abstraction of monstrous creatures and body parts in the lower part of the painting as the rebel angels lose their human forms.
For #Michaelmas, St Michael leads the charge in the fall of the rebel #angels who dissolve into eerie abstraction.
Magnificent painting by Beccafumi in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena (one of your rewards if you ever make it past the first couple of dozen rooms)
#painting #ArtHistory #museitaliani
An extra outing for last month's mega-Michael, as it's his day today.... #Michaelmas
Happy Michaelmas! Celebrate by making some apple star pancakes... 🐉 Try this delicious recipe from our beautiful picture book Lottie, St Michael and the Lonely Dragon by Beatrys Lockie & Sandra Klassen - www.florisbooks.co.u...
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#michaelmas #pancakerecipe #apples
St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Enemy.
There are worse prayers for the moment.
#Michaelmas
Michaelmas is a Christian festival observed in many Western Christian liturgical calendars on 29 September, and on 8 November in the Eastern Christian traditions. #Michaelmas has been one of the four quarter days of the English and Irish financial, judicial, and academic year.
🍂 From feasting on goose to weaving corn dollies, the Irish harvest and Michaelmas shaped Ireland’s autumn. Discover the magic of Celtic fall traditions here 👉zurl.co/nvDkk #IrishHarvest #Michaelmas #CelticTraditions
🍂✨ The Irish harvest was more than gathering food—it was a season of gratitude, protection, and celebration. From Michaelmas feasts to Celtic fall traditions, Ireland’s autumn rituals still inspire today. 🍎🍞.
👉 Read more: zurl.co/h5vq8#IrishHarvest #Michaelmas
A blessed feast of St Michael and the Archangels - #Michaelmas - to all.
Heavenly King, You have given us archangels to assist us
during our pilgrimage on earth.
Saint Michael is our protector;
I ask him to come to my aid,
fight for all my loved ones,
and protect us from danger.
