Today I’ve been celebrating spinsterhood by eating pie. It’s Old Maid’s Day, a delightfully termed day of celebration that started in America after WW2 to…
3 June 2020 – Mother Shipton’s Day
Today I’ve been doing my laundry drunk. Well tipsy. It’s Whit Wednesday otherwise known in Cambridge as Mother Shipton’s Day. Which is a little odd…
2 June 2020 – Whit Tuesday
Today I’ve been dicing for beetles because it’s Whit Tuesday, and on Whit Tuesday in St Ives, Cambridgeshire it’s traditional to dice for Bibles. This…
1 June 2020 – Whit Monday
Today I’ve been gazing out the window, and drinking whisky all in the name of folklore. It’s St Wite’s Day, aka St Wistan’s Day, aka…
31 May 2020 – Whit Sunday
Today I’m a spud-happy woman. Amongst other things, it’s Whit Sunday, the seventh Sunday after Easter and the beginning of a week of Whitsuntide celebrations.…