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January
Now weather is hard, get much out of yard;
Now season is good to lop or fell wood.
Bid Christmas adieu, thy stock now renew;
From Christmas to May weak cattle decay;
With verjuice acquaint poor bullock so faint;
Warm barth give lambs, good food to their dams;
Keep sheep out of briars, keep beast out of miers;
Calf large and lean is best to wean;
Sow, ready to fare, craves huswife's care.
Who now sows oats gets gold and groats.
Set garden pease and beans if you please;
Sow kernals to bear of apple and pear;
Peach, plum-tree, and cherry, young bay and his herry;
Now set or remove such stocks as ye love.
...
Plough Monday, next after that Twelfthtide is past,
Bids out with the plough, the worst husband is last.
If ploughman get hatchet or whip to the screen,
Maids loseth their cock if no water be seen.(1)
A month of Leisure? Maintenance and repair of buildings, hedging and ditching around fields.
| 1 | Circumcisio Domini Nostri Ihesu Christi(2)(3)(4)(5)(7)(11)(12)(13) (The
Circumcision, or The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ); Odilo(6) (1049) [New Years Day] [7th Day of Christmas] | ||
| 2 | Sancti Macharii abbatis(7) (Macarius, Abbot (c4th C)); Isidori, episcopi(5)(7); Munchin(6) (7th Century); Sancti Sindani(4) episcopi; dies egyptiacus(4) [8th Day of Christmas] | ||
| 3 | Sancte Genovefe(4)(5)(6)(7) virginis (Genevieve); Sancti Antheri(4) pape [9th Day of Christmas] | ||
| 4 | Roger of Ellant (1160); Sancte Hermetis(4) [10th Day of Christmas] | ||
| 5 | Sancti Symeonis(4)(6)(7) monachi qui in colmna stetit (Simon Stylites); Edward the Confessor(6) (11)(12) [original date of his death]; Uigilia(4) [11th Day of Christmas] | ||
| 6 |
Epifania domini(5)(9) (11)(12)(13) nostri(2)(3)(4) Ihesu Christi(7)(The
Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ; Epiphany; Twelfthday); Peter of Canterbury(6),
Abbot (607) [Haxey Hood Game (Haxey, England)][12th Day of Christmas] | ||
| 7 | Brannoc(6); Kentigerna(6) (733); Sancti Luciani presbyteri(4) (Lucian); Translatio Wilhelmi(12) | ||
| 8 | (Saint Julien's Day); Sancti Timothei martiris(3)(4) (Timothy, Apostle and Martyr); Sancti Inciani sociorum eius martyrum(2); Nathalan(6) (c678); Pega(6) (719); Wulsin(6) (1002); Luciani(11) | ||
| 9 | Translatio Sancti Iudoci/Edoci(4) (Translation of the relics of Eudocia/us); Aethelmodi(5) confessoris; Berhtwald(6)/Beorhtweald/Brihtwald ( Archbishop of Canterbury (731)); Sancti Saturnini(7); Sancti Furtunati(7) | ||
| 10 | Sancti Pauli primi heremite(3)(4)(6)(7)(12) (Paul the Hermit/Paul of Thebes (345)); Dermot(6); Saethrith/Saethryda(6) (7th C)) | ||
| 11 | Sancti Salui(4) | ||
| 12 | Depositio Sancti Benedicti abbotis(5)(7); Ailred(6)/Aelred/Ethelred (Of Rievaulx (1176)); Sancti Salui(6) (Salvius, Bishop of Amiens (625)) | ||
| 13 | Sancti Hilarii episcopi(3)(4)(6)(9)(Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers (367)) et Remegi(6) (Remegius (533)); Kentigern(6) ("Mungo" (612)) | ||
| 14 | Natali Sancti Felicis in pincis confessoris(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9) (11)(12)(13) (Nativity of Felix of Nola) | ||
| 15 | Sancti Mauri abbatis(2)(5)(6)(9) (11)(12)(13) (Maure); Calesti pape(5); Ceolwulf(6) (764); Ita/Ide(6) (c570) | ||
| 16 | Sancti Marcelli pape et martyris(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9) (11)(12)(13)(Marcel/Marcellus); Fursey/Fursa(6)(9) (650); Henry(6) (of Coquet Island (1127)) | ||
| 17 | Sancti Antonii monachi(3)(4)(5) (11)(12)(13)/Depositio Sancti Antoni abbatis(6)(7) (Antony, Abbot in Egypt (356)); Mildgyth(6) (7th C); Sancti Sulpicii episcopi et martyris(2)(6)(11) (Sulpicius/Supplis) | ||
| 18 | Sancte Prisce virginis(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) (11)(12)(13) (Prisca); Ulfred/Wulfred(6) (1028); The Confession of Peter the Apostle | ||
| 19 | Sanctorum Marii(4)(5)(7) et Marthe(4)(5)(7)(29); Wulfstani(2)(6)(11)(13) episcopi et martyris (Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (1095)); Branwalader(6)/Branwalator/Brelade/Breword (Translation of ? (6th C)); Canute/Cnut (King and Martyr (1086)); Henry of Finland(6) (1156); Fillian(6); Germanici(12) | ||
| 20 | Sanctorum Sebastiani(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9) (11)(12)(13) et Fabiani(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9) (11)(12)(13) (Sebastian and Fabian, Martyrs (250)); Fechin(6)/Vigean/Virgin (665) | ||
| 21 | Sancte Agnetis virginis et martyris(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) (11)(12)(13) (Annice/Agnes, Martyr at Rome (304)) | ||
| 22 | Sancti Vincencii(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9)(11)(12)(13) martiris et Anastasii(3)(4)(6)(7) (Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa and Martyr (304) and Anastasius); Sancti Timothei martiris(6) (Timothy, Apostle and Martyr (traditional day of his death (97)); Berhtwald/Brihtwald(6) (Bishop of Ramsbury (1045)) | ||
| 23 | Sancte Emerentiane virginis(4)(5)(9)(12) (Eremantiana); Raymond of Pennefort(6) (1275) | ||
| 24 | Sancti Babilli episcopi(3)(5)(6)(7)(12) et trium puerorum(3)(4)(6)(7) (Babylas, Bishop of Antioch and Martyr and Urbanus, Prilidianus, Epolonius, three young boys, Martyrs (c.250)); Translatio Sancti Hiurmni Confessoris; Sancti Timothei martiris (Timothy, Apostle and Martyr); Cadoc of Scotland(6); Sancti Sauine(4) | ||
| 25 | Conuersio Pauli (4)(5)(6)(7)(9)(11)(12)(13) in damasco(3) (The Conversion of Paul the Apostle on the Road to Damascus); Dwyn; Praejectus/Projecti martyris(11)(12)(13); dies egyptiacus(4)(9) | ||
| 26 | Sancti Policarpi(5)(12) episcopi (Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna (156)); Conversio Sancti Pauli(2) (13)(Conversion of Paul); Alberic(6) (1109); Sancte Batildis regina et virginis(6) (Batilde the Queen); Conan(6) (648); Paula(6)(7) (404); Dormitio(7); Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul | ||
| 27 | Sancti Saturnini(4)(5) et aliorum(3) (Saturninus and others)/cum xxxv martiribus(5); Angela Merici(6) (1540); Sancte Juliani virginis(4); Sancti Juliani episcopi et confessoris(2)(11)(12)(13) (Julian of Le Mans); Johannis(13)(Translation of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople(6) (407)); Paulaie(13); Festivitas reliquiarum(9) (Festival of the Relics) | ||
| 28 | Octobas Agnetis(3)(4)(6)(7) (11)(12)(13) (Birthday of Agnes); Sancte Agnetis secunde(2) (11)(12)(13); Sabine virginis(5); John the Sage(6) (11th C) | ||
| 29 | Sancte Sauine(3), virginis, et Sancti Gilde(3)(4)(5)(7) sapientis (Gildas); Julian the Hospitaller(6); Francis of Sales (1622) | ||
| 30 | Sancti Ypoliti(3)(4), martiris, cum sociis suis (Hippolytus, Martyr and his companions); Aldegunde virginis(4)(7); Sancte Batildis regina et virginis(2)(5)(6)(11)(12)(13) (Batilde the Queen); Sanctie Mathie episcopi et confessoris | ||
| 31 | Maedoc(6)/Aedh/Aiden of Ferns [February Eve; Imbolc/Oimelc Eve; Brigid Eve] |
First Sunday after 6 January ("Plough Sunday")
First Monday after Plough Sunday ("Plough Monday")