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Notable Dates in August
“After Lammas Day, corn ripens as much by night as by day.”
“After Lammas Day, corn ripens as much by night as by day.”
- August 1, traditionally known as Lammas Day, was a festival to mark the annual wheat and corn harvest. Lammas also marked the mid-point between the summer solstice and autumn equinox, and was a cross-quarter day. You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
- August 5 is a Civic Holiday in parts of Canada.
- August 10 is You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. “Fair weather on St. Lawrence’s Day presages a fair autumn.”
- August 11 marks the end of the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., which began on July 3.
- August 17 is when the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. begin, harking back to a rather obscure Irish legend concerning witches; this bit of folklore also led to the idea that a cat has nine lives.
- August 19 brings You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., chosen for the birthday of Orville Wright who piloted the first recorded flight of a powered heavier-than-air machine in 1903.
- August 19 also starts the Islamic New Year, or the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., beginning at sundown. Traditionally, it begins at the first sighting of the lunar crescent after the new Moon.
- August 24 is You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. “At St. Bartholomew, there comes cold dew.”
- August 26 is You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., which celebrates the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and, with it, women’s right to vote in the United States.
