Happy St Distaff's Day!

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Ya'll.

 

[sufi]

Ya'll.

thanks craner

 

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Happy St Hilary's Day everyone!

 

[luka]

dunno what youre talking about. aren't you supposed ot be reviewing my manuscript or something?

 

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Call yourself an Englishman? It's the feast day of St Hilary, the Bishop of Poitiers, as well as the beginning of term in the older Law Courts (Hilary Term). Tomorrow we hunt the Mallard. Then I review your manuscript. Shall I make corrections?

 

[luka]

not on spelling/grammer. cathy is constantly on my back about that stuff. i don't need someone else. jusrt points of style. and as you know i am but half and englishman. even if you trace my mums lineage back from nz its not english. its scottish.
and you my dear boy are a taffy.

 

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Yeah, but you don't have any good Feast Days in NZ, do you? That's the great advantage of this crackpot little island: we have a calendar brimming with feasts and festivals and traditions. I'm going to celebrate all of them this year. It's going to be fun. Today it's St Hilary. I only heard of him 2 hours ago. But there you go. Are you looking forward to St. Wulfstan's Day? It's next Monday.

 

[scottdisco]

thanks Ollie: i love you.

oi Luka, send me some stuff in the old email please!

 

[IdleRich]

"Call yourself an Englishman? It's the feast day of St Hilary, the Bishop of Poitiers, as well as the beginning of term in the older Law Courts (Hilary Term). Tomorrow we hunt the Mallard."

So presumably this is why it's called Hilary term at Oxford? Always wondered about that - though obviously not enough to actually find out about it. The other ones are Michaelmass and something I forget.

 

[luka]

you can't have nuffink unless you consent to providing me with a thorough review of the entire 100 and something pages of gibberish.

 

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It's St Wulfstan's Day!

They'll be going crazy in Worcester, feasting and fighting and things.

 

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St Agnes' Eve! Wahey!

And tomorrow, it's St Agnes' Day! Super.

Agnes was a 13 yr old girl who was killed because she chose to dedicate her life to Christ by refusing marriage. We therefore choose to celebrate this with love divinations. John Keats wrote a poem about today, remember?

 

[jenks]

They told her how, upon St. Agnes’ Eve,
Young virgins might have visions of delight,
And soft adorings from their loves receive
Upon the honey’d middle of the night,
If ceremonies due they did aright;
As, supperless to bed they must retire,
And couch supine their beauties, lily white;
Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require
Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire.


No peeking, Craner!

 

[luka]

funnily enough thats my toilet reading right now. keats is an oddbod.
he writes in the lucrative fantasy genre.
hark, elven feet!

 

[Mr. Tea]

It's St Wulfstan's Day!

They'll be going crazy in Worcester, feasting and fighting and things.

That probably happens in Worcester every night.

Amazingly enough, there's a Catholic saint who is the patron of people mocked for excessive piety. Can't remember her name, but what a great saint!

 

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St Vincent's Day!

Martyred for his faith in AD 304. You know it.