June Country Days and Country Ways

June is a favourite month - I probably say this every year. The meteorological start of summer so I've put Spring back in the cupboard and Summer is on the bookshelves.

Nothing new for this year, just all my favourite summery pieces

Below is the June page illustration by Eugene Grasset in the Illuminated Book of Days.

It is thought that June is named after the goddess Juno or possibly from Iuniores which was the lower level of the legislature in the constitution of ancient Rome.

 In a Year of Story and Song by Lia Leendertz there's a page about the words for June from all parts of the UK

 

 

Not a lot of folklore attached to the days of June............. there would have been very little time for celebrating the Saints Days as farmers would have been busy with haymaking and sheep shearing. Watching the weather would have been the main occupation.

Calm weather in June, sets the farmer in tune

 The weather pattern for June often alternates between spells of stormy weather and shorter periods of dry calm. The farmers prefer calm and warm with night-time dew to speed up crop growth.

In the Almanac for 2026 again by Leendertz these are the events listed for June. She (or the editors) have made a big error as the FIFA World Cup Final is on 19th July rather than June - whoops.

But in my opinion she's missed out one of the most important - The start of Wimbledon tennis fortnight on 29th June!

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