Interesting note from my friend, Elaine Oswald: Groundhog Day used to be called Candlemas Day--falling midway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox and was also traditionally the day that candles were blessed in church, very much in keeping with the notion of shedding light into darkness, and the day was apparently big news in the Middle Ages. So we are half way there in the Northern Hemisphere. In many indoor trades Candelmas marked the moment when candles could be dispensed with until the autumn for working during the day, for others it marked the end of the Christmas period... all feasting and fun should now cease on the assumption that weve all been partying non-stop since December. The common superstition is: If Candlemas day be dry and fair, The half o winter to come and mair, If Candlemas day be wet and foul, The half of winters gone at Yule.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:38:45 +0000
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