09.29.06
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Merry Michaelmas!

Be sure to eat some blackberries…

According to an old Irish folk tale, blackberries were supposed to have been harvested and used up by this date, too, since it is told to children that when Satan was kicked out of Heaven, he landed in a bramble patch — and returns each year to curse and spit on the fruits of the plant he landed on, rendering them inedible thereafter. So a dessert with blackberries would be perfect.

St. Michael the Archangel, protect us!

One thought on “Merry Michaelmas!”

  1. What a neat story! My Patron Saint is the Holy Archangel Michael. Since I’m Orthodox, his commemoration is in November, but I will be sure to have some blackberries on that date.

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