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Michaelmas

by Frann Leach

A popular flower seen at this time of year is the Michaelmas Daisy, a herald of Autumn.

In many educational establishments (mostly fee-paying ones), and at the Inns of Court of the English Bar, the Autumn term is called Michaelmas.

Tenant farmers used to include a fat goose with the quarter's rent paid at Michaelmas.

Recipes for Michaelmas

Roast Goose » St Michael's Bannock

Michaelmas (pronounced "Micklemas"), which normally coincides with the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, is one of the four English quarter days when accounts were settled. The others are: Christmas (25 December), Lady Day (25 March) and Midsummer Day (24 June).

On manors and estates the reeve was elected from the peasantry at Michaelmas, and the day would be celebrated with a feast of goose in England, and St Michael’s Bannock (Struan Micheil) in Scotland. On the Isle of Skye a procession was held each Michaelmas.

If you're looking for a way to commemorate this event, you might be interested in this article: Commemorations with Cross Stitch

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