If Imbolc Day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight If Imbolc Day brings cloud and rain Winter will not come again
So that’s a possible origin for Groundhog Day
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If Imbolc Day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight If Imbolc Day brings cloud and rain Winter will not come again
So that’s a possible origin for Groundhog Day
Un jour pour faire des crêpes!
It’s almost February 2, and that date is special for a number of reasons. It’s Groundhog Day, so have some ground hog. Pancakes (represents the sun) and tamales for Candelmas. Imbolc’s coming. It’s halfway to the equinox, too!
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CEREMONIES for CANDLEMAS EVE Down with the rosemary and bays, Down with the misletoe ; Instead of holly, now up-raise The greener box (for show). The holly hitherto did sway ; Let box now domineer Until the dancing Easter day, Or Easter's eve appear. Then youthful box which now hath grace Your houses to renew ; Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside ; Both of a fresh and fragrant kin To honour Whitsuntide. Green rushes, then, and sweetest bents, With cooler oaken boughs, Come in for comely ornaments To re-adorn the house. Thus times do shift ; each thing his turn does hold ; New things succeed, as former things grow old. Robert Herrick
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Gustav Holst: Nunc dimittis - Voces8 06.08.10
Festivals in Marktoberdorf, Germany
The late Robert Farrar Capon, a prolific author of religious books, suggested that a good way to read the Bible was to read it as if it were a movie. In that vein, I've always liked the parts where some character bursts forth in song.
I don't have a clue as far as religious stuff. But Feburary 2nd is the date commemorating the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Mostly, my attention to the date is Groundhog Day. As I'm fond of the parts of the Bible-the-movie where someone burst into song, I knew about Simeon, and the Nunc dimittis. I had never heard this composition by Gustav Holst.
Benjamin Britten was influenced by Holst. Listening to this performance I thought of Britten's Corpus Christi Carol, in particular Jeff Buckley's enchanting performance. It was great to hear Voces8 sing Britten's Corpus Christi Carol. It made me appreciate Buckley's beautiful rendition even more.