The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men’s fraternal service organization whose mission is to witness to our principles of charity, unity and fraternity by. Home site for St Matthias the Apostle Catholic Parish. Containing information about the parish, contact information, ministries, and everything about the life of this. Born: Theodore Beza, reforming divine, 1519, Vezelai, in Burgundy; John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. Find great books for 4th of July in this list of patriotic picture books for kids. June 2. 4th. Born: Theodore Beza. Vezelai, in Burgundy; John. Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, 1. Ache. Devonshire; Dr. Alexander Adam, eminent classical. Rafford, near Forres; Deodatus de. Dolomieu, mineralogist, 1. Grenoble; Josephine. Empress of the French, 1. Martinico; General Hoche. Montreuil; Rear- Admiral Sir John Ross, Arctic. Alexander Dumas, French novelist. Died: Vespasian. Emperor of Rome, 7. Cutilia; Nicolas Claude Pierese. Aix, Provence. John Hampden, illustrious. Thame; Bishop Isaac Barrow, 1. St. Thomas. Amory, English Presbyterian divine, miscellaneous. Feast Day: Nativity of. St. The Martyrs of Rome under Nero. Bartholomew of Dunelm. MIDSUMMER DAY - THE. NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Considering the part borne by. Baptist in the transactions on which Christianity. Europe, one of the. It enjoys the. greater distinction that it is considered as Midsummer. Day, and therefore has inherited a number of. These are now. curiously mixed with those springing from Christian. It is only clear, from their. To use the quaint phrase of an old. Scaliger, they 'form the footesteps of. The observances connected with. Nativity of St. John commenced on the previous. Midsummer eve. On that evening the people. Scripture. prophecy respecting the Baptist, that many should. This custom was universal in. England till the recent change in manners. In Oxford. there was a specialty in the observance, of a curious. Within the first court of Magdalen College. St. John's Day; at the same time the court. Browse featured items below. Home page to the California Knights of Columbus with many links to other California sites. Baptist in the wilderness.'Towards night, materials for a. To. this the name of bonfire was given, a term of which. Around this fire the. There can be no doubt that this leaping. Manasseh. We learn that, till a late. Ireland on St. This was done at. Nottingham till the reign of Charles I. Every citizen. either went himself, or sent a substitute; and an oath. They. paraded the town in parties during the night, every. In London, during the middle ages. St. The watchmen were. The great came to give their. A London poet, looking back from 1. The goodly buildings that. Their rich array, open'd their windows wide, Where kings, great peers, and many a noble dame. Whose bright pearl- glittering robes did mock the. Of the night's burning lights, did sit to see. How every senator in his degree,Adorn'd with shining gold and purple weeds, And stately mounted on rich- trapped steeds,Their guard attending, through the streets did. Before their foot- bands, graced with glittering. Of rich- gilt arms, whose glory did present. A sunshine to the eye, as if it meant,Among the cresset lights shot up on high, To chase dark night for over from the sky; While in the streets the sticklers to and fro, To keep decorum, still did come and go,Where tables set were plentifully spread,And at each door neighbour with neighbour fed.'King Henry VIII, hearing of. Queen Catherine and a noble train to attend. St. Peter's Eve, a few nights after. John's Eve are of a highly. The Irish believe that the souls of. It is. not improbable that this notion was originally. St. John's night. In England, and perhaps in other. We can easily perceive a possible connexion between this dreary fancy and that of the. The civic vigils just. There is a Low Dutch. We have passed St. John. Baptist's night.' In a book written in the. St. John's. evening, and the first Tuesday in the month of. March, to conjure the moon, to lie upon your back. God, and such like. Cyclops and. Pluto's servants.' A circumstance mentioned by. Grose supports our conjecture—that to sleep on St. Amongst a company who sat up in a church porch. It was supposed, for. It was. customary on this eve to gather certain plants which. The. fern is one of those herbs which have their seed on. Young men would go out at midnight of. St. John's Eve, and endeavour to catch. The people also gathered on this night the. St. John's wort, vervain, trefoil, and rue, all. They. set the orpine in clay upon pieces of slate or. Midsummer Man. Young women. Some of these foolish fancies. Connoisseur, a. periodical paper of the middle of the last century. This we did. and, to be sure, I did nothing all night but dream of. Mr. The same night, exactly at twelve. I sowed hemp- seed in our backyard, and said. I looked back and saw him as plain as eyes. After that I took a clean shift and. I heard his step), but I was frightened. I. likewise stuck up two Mid- summer Men, one for myself. Now, if his had died away, we should. I assure you his bowed. Our maid Betty tells me, if I go. Midsummer Eve, and gather a rose, and keep it in. Christmas Day, it will be as fresh as in June; and if. I then stick it in my bosom, he that is to be my. So also, in a poem. Cottage Girl, published in 1. The moss rose that, at. Ere eve its duskier curtain drew, Was freshly gather'd from its stem, She values as the ruby gem; And, guarded from the piercing air, With all an anxious lover's care, She bids it, for her shepherd's sake, Await the new- year's frolic wake, When, faded in its alter'd hue, She reads—the rustic is untrue! But if its leaves the crimson paint, Her sickening hopes no longer faint; The rose upon her bosom worn, She meets him at the peep of morn, And lo! John's wort tonight—The wonderful herb, whose leaf will decide If the coining year shall make me a bride. John. And soon has the young maid her love- knot tied. But it droop'd its head, that plant of power, And died the mute death of the voiceless flower. And a wither'd wreath on the ground it lay, More meet for a burial than bridal day. And when a year was past away,All pale on her bier the young maid lay; And the glow- worm came. With its silvery flame,And sparkled and shone. Through the Eight of St. John,As they closed the cold grave o'er the maid's cold. Some years ago there was. Society of Antiquaries a ring. Cawood. in Yorkshire, and which appeared, from the style of. It. bore for a device two orpine plants joined by a true. Alec fiancee velt. My sweetheart wills, or is desirous. The. stalks of the plants were bent towards each other, in. The motto under the. Joye l'amour feu. So universal, in time as in. The observance of St. John's. Day seems to have been, by a practical bull, confined. On the day itself, we. The Eve of St. John is a great. Scotland. What happens. Melrose may be considered as a fair. About six in the evening. On these. occasions, the crowded streets present a scene of the. The joyous strains of a. But. at this time the venerable Abbey is the chief point of. The whole extent of the Abbey. But when near the finale, the whole masonic. King Robert. Bruce lies deposited near the high altar, and the band. It is concluded by the best. Order of the. Garter, which European sovereigns are glad to accept. British monarch, was instituted some time. June and the 6th of August 1. Scepticism. however, rests mainly on the ridiculous character of. It is to be remarked that the. It is related by. Polydore Virgil so early as the reign of Henry VII. Although the order is believed. June 2. 4th, 1. 34. France, 'garters with the motto of. The. royal mind was evidently by this time deeply. A surcoat furnished to him. Canterbury. was covered with garters. At the same time, the. Prince of Wales presented twenty- four garters. By his will of this date, in. Lord Crewe, Bishop of Durham, left Bamborough. Castle, and extensive manors in its neighbourhood, for. The annual. proceeds amounted a few years ago to . The trustees have accordingly. Bamborough, directed to the benefit of distressed. This castle crowns the summit. Northumberland. The buildings are most. A constant watch is kept at the top of the. Holy Island, as soon as any vessel is. Owing. to the size and fury of the breakers, it is generally. Holy Island. In addition to these. Whenever a case of shipwreck occurs, it is. During the continuance of fogs, which. By these means many lives are saved, and an. The trustees also covenant with the tenants of. There are likewise the necessary tackle and. The bodies of those who are lost are decently. Bamborough Castle is. St. Bernard is to travellers in. Alps.'The Rev. Bowles thus. Bainborough Castle with reference to its. Ye holy towers, that shade. Long may ye rear your aged brows sublime,Though, hurrying silent by, relentless Time Assail you, and the winter whirlwinds sweep! For far from blazing Grandeur's crowded halls,Here Charity hath fix'd her chosen seat; Oft list'ning tearful when the wild winds beat With hollow bodings round your ancient walls! And Pity, at the dark and stormy hour. Of midnight, when the moon is hid on high, Keeps her lone watch upon the topmost tower, And turns her car to each expiring cry! Blest if her aid some fainting wretch might save. And snatch him, cold and speechless, from the. The example of. Tissington has. Derbyshire. and the decoration of their wells has become a most. It is (1. 86. 2) about twenty- two years. Duke of Devonshire, who did so much for the. Buxton, supplied the town with water at his own. Manchester and other. Vehicles of all kinds, and sadly overloaded. But the grand centres of. On an occasion when we. St. Anne's was arched over. Life, Love, Liberty, and. Truth.' Ferns and rockwork were gracefully arranged at. We can scarcely say so much for. Samson slaying the lion,'. Much pains had been lavished upon. The. morris- dancers form an. Formerly. they were little girls dressed in white muslin; but as. Ribbon Dance. In the meantime the children. Altogether, it must be allowed that there. The tap- dressing at Wirksworth. Tissington and Buxton to. This curious little. Whitsuntide, which is the season at which the wakes. This custom has been.
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