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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Midsummer Day is the the first of August.

June 21 is the start of summer not the middle of summer.

BTW Midwinter is February 1.

5 posted on 06/26/2021 2:39:08 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Wrong.

http://projectbritain.com/midsummer.htm


7 posted on 06/26/2021 2:47:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
June 21 is the start of summer not the middle of summer.

It seems the Anglo-Saxons and other medieval Europeans did not use the term "spring" until the later Middle Ages. Lent was what they called the season that followed winter. Summer began in the middle of what we now call spring.

9 posted on 06/26/2021 3:32:45 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

August 1st is Lammas-a harvest festival celebrated in ancient times by both Christians and Pagans...


10 posted on 06/26/2021 3:34:34 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...")
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