tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post8092384671672958000..comments2024-03-28T10:33:23.995+00:00Comments on My Quiet Life in Suffolk: Old Twelfth NightSue in Suffolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-74951048290727372432019-01-18T02:13:11.120+00:002019-01-18T02:13:11.120+00:00Thanks for the history of calendars. It was very i...Thanks for the history of calendars. It was very interesting.<br /><br />God bless.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051183778965359500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-1810800626418726092019-01-17T20:28:11.494+00:002019-01-17T20:28:11.494+00:00That was one of my Christmas presents from my pare...That was one of my Christmas presents from my parents!<br />ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-80870890786933671912019-01-17T20:15:48.645+00:002019-01-17T20:15:48.645+00:00I got it from a big charity book sale last October...I got it from a big charity book sale last October for £1.50 (I know this as it's pencilled in the front of the book!) I had previously borrowed it from the library but found it was too expensive to buy on Amazon so I was lucky to find it. There is a cheaper paperback edition available on Amazon at the moment.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-64069525859231298942019-01-17T17:10:58.489+00:002019-01-17T17:10:58.489+00:00You got a good deal there....This book is $115.00 ...You got a good deal there....This book is $115.00 on amazon.com...I haven't checked the UK site yet.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-27520898548794196192019-01-17T15:05:16.858+00:002019-01-17T15:05:16.858+00:00It's freezing outside now so I'm not sure ...It's freezing outside now so I'm not sure about the wassailing at all. I might wimp out! <br />Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-36522345518678202572019-01-17T14:54:59.766+00:002019-01-17T14:54:59.766+00:00It might work for a plum tree!It might work for a plum tree!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-43441537365655189262019-01-17T14:54:34.487+00:002019-01-17T14:54:34.487+00:00Good thing they eventually sorted out the calendar...Good thing they eventually sorted out the calendar before they invented flight!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-3702070888653063682019-01-17T14:53:41.969+00:002019-01-17T14:53:41.969+00:00How did I forget that I owned it? I shall use more...How did I forget that I owned it? I shall use more bits from it through the yearSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-21085867307016358722019-01-17T14:52:54.757+00:002019-01-17T14:52:54.757+00:00I think it's amazing that it was all worked ou...I think it's amazing that it was all worked out such a long time ago but took an age for everywhere to use the same calendarSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-82136323643514485672019-01-17T14:21:33.908+00:002019-01-17T14:21:33.908+00:00Just drink the cider and put the rosemary under yo...Just drink the cider and put the rosemary under your pillow - one will make you sleepy, the other will give you peaceful dreams. Love that dust jacket, and all the information!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-28994676011452067592019-01-17T13:58:56.590+00:002019-01-17T13:58:56.590+00:00The cover alone would make me want to purchase tha...The cover alone would make me want to purchase that book. No apple trees here to wassail, just a plum tree:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-79685778783499773502019-01-17T09:52:00.500+00:002019-01-17T09:52:00.500+00:00It is always interesting to find out why we do the...It is always interesting to find out why we do the things we do - I wish the persons responsible though would have settled on a 3 day weekend not just two - not that I need to abide by that now that I am not working but a weekend is such a rush when you are. The ten day difference must have been a bit like the time difference now when flying somewhere only in this case you would set off on a Monday for instance then travel for a day or two but arrive ten to twelve days later to find it wasn't Tuesday or Wednesday but Thursday or Friday of a completely different week! Imagine trying to book your return travel now and holidays at work LOL!wherethejourneytakesmehttps://wherethejourneytakesme2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-36990723592542634122019-01-17T09:16:11.052+00:002019-01-17T09:16:11.052+00:00Beautiful cover on the book-according to the forec...Beautiful cover on the book-according to the forecast we’ll soon be having that snow here. CatrionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-24894518255280775542019-01-17T09:04:09.901+00:002019-01-17T09:04:09.901+00:00Thank you for such an understandable and comprehen...Thank you for such an understandable and comprehensive guide to the calendar.<br />I shall walk round chanting, “Egyptian, Julian, Gregorian,” to myself all day.<br />SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-45097778613683542212019-01-17T08:55:12.575+00:002019-01-17T08:55:12.575+00:00That was 18 (or 19) years ago Cro..........let it ...That was 18 (or 19) years ago Cro..........let it go!!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-6574920904454156102019-01-17T08:46:40.579+00:002019-01-17T08:46:40.579+00:00It still annoys me that the start of this new mill...It still annoys me that the start of this new millennium was celebrated on Jan 1st 2000; as if we count from 0 to 9, instead of 1 to 10. I know that at the beginning of the last millennium it was celebrated correctly on Jan 1st 1901, because it was written-up in The Times newspaper. Have we all become less intelligent as the years (millennia) roll by?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-11129959527842504412019-01-17T07:57:57.047+00:002019-01-17T07:57:57.047+00:00You're welcome!You're welcome!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-52971747188857121392019-01-17T07:57:36.333+00:002019-01-17T07:57:36.333+00:00If the weather is as cold and wet as it looks my w...If the weather is as cold and wet as it looks my wassailing might have to wait until spring!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-84454521732648787312019-01-17T07:56:18.051+00:002019-01-17T07:56:18.051+00:00A birthday only every four years must keep you you...A birthday only every four years must keep you young! but only in numbersSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-29400751560186732622019-01-17T07:55:01.456+00:002019-01-17T07:55:01.456+00:00You are probably right and I should have been out ...You are probably right and I should have been out there last night. I think someone said that in the past days ran from evening to evening rather than morning to morning.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-37703038821562480272019-01-17T07:48:27.188+00:002019-01-17T07:48:27.188+00:00That's a completely new one on me and fascinat...That's a completely new one on me and fascinating. Thanks.<br />xxJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116524003944939298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-87800804798819889292019-01-17T07:46:59.494+00:002019-01-17T07:46:59.494+00:00How the world would be if we hadn't had a cale...How the world would be if we hadn't had a calendar of any rigorous sort pressed upon us! We'd have to wait for the bods at Newgrange and Maes Howe (which have light boxes aligned so as to tell us the turning of the year).<br /><br />Great post. No wassailing here, though I should, with all our apple trees and lots of baby ones too.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-67989105170572424932019-01-17T07:34:01.917+00:002019-01-17T07:34:01.917+00:00Did it last evening...we made loads of noise...san...Did it last evening...we made loads of noise...sang the Wassailers song...drank some cider...and headed back inside! Still don’t understand how 5th is new twelfth night but add on 11 days = 16th not 17th. They must calculate from epiphany. xWinters End Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924495691256051693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-82304733985600380882019-01-17T06:33:34.481+00:002019-01-17T06:33:34.481+00:00This is fascinating information Sue. Thanks so muc...This is fascinating information Sue. Thanks so much. Leap years and the spare quarter-day have always fascinated me, especially when I've met people born on Feb 29thAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.com