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June
Provide of thine own, to have all things at hand;
Less work and the workman, unoccupied, stand.
Make dry over-head both hovel and shack.
Wash sheep (for the better) where water doth run;
Let him go cleanly, and dry in the sun.
Thy houses and and barns would be looked upon;
And all things a[...]ed, ere harvest come on.
At midsummer, down with the brambles and brakes;
And after, abroad, with thy forks and thy rakes;
Set movers a mowing, where meadow is grown;
The longer now standing, the worse to be mown.(1)
Month of Sheepshearing. If last year's harvest was been poor, things start getting a bit unpleasant now. The Hay harvest begins after St. John's Day.
| 1 | Sancti Nicommedis, martyris(2)(3)(4)(5)(7) (Nicomedes/Nichomede the Martyr); Tecle virginis(4); Gwen of Brittany; Justin, Martyr at Rome (c.167); Ronan; Whyte; Wistan | ||
| 2 | Sanctorum Marcellini(2)(4)(5)(7) et Petri(2)(4)(5)(7) (Marcelin/Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs of Rome (304)); Erasmi(5) (Erasmus (c300)); The Martyrs of Lyons (177); Oda | ||
| 3 | Sancti Thomae apostoli(7); Sancti Herasmi(7) (Erasmus); Genesius of Clermont; Kevin; Ultima incentio iii lune pentecostes(5) | ||
| 4 | Sanct Petroci confessoris (Petroc); Edfrith; Ninnoc; Ultima ascensio domini(5); Initium Mensis Desii Secundum Grecos(7) | ||
| 5 | Sancte Bonifacii(3) sociorum eius martyrim(2)(Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to Germany, Martyr (754))/Bonefatii(4)(7), archiepiscopi/Bonefatii martiris et pape(5); Apollonaris martiris(5) | ||
| 6 | Furtuna(5); Audomari(5); Amanti episcopi(7); Luci(7); Gudwal; Jarlath; Norbert; Sanctorum Marii et Marthe (E) | ||
| 7 | Translacio Audomari(3)(4); Juliani(4); Pauli(5); Fursei(5); Meriasek; Robert of Newminster; dies mala | ||
| 8 | Sancti Medardi(4)(5)(7), episcopi et confessoris (Medard); Gildardi(5) (Gildard); William of York | ||
| 9 | Sanctorum Primi(4)(5)(7) et Feliciani(3)(4)(5)(7) (Primus and Felician); Columba/Collumcille/Collumcylle(5) (Abbot of Iona (597)) | ||
| 10 | Sancti Barnabe(3)(4); Translation of Brigit of Ireland(6); Ithamar | ||
| 11 | Sancti Barnabi apostoli(2)(5) (Barnabas the Apostle); Translation of Gregory of Nazianzus(6) | ||
| 12 | Sanctorum Basilidis(2)(3)(4)(5)(7), Quirinus/Cirini(2)(3)(4)(5)(7), Naboris(2)(3)(4)(5)(7) et Nazarii(3)(4)(5)(7) (Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, Nazarius); Eskil, Leo II, Odulf | ||
| 13 | Sancti Luciani(4); Bartholomei apostoli(7); Faliculae(7); Anthony of Padua;Ultima Pentacostum(3)(4)(5) | ||
| 14 | Sancti Basilii episcopie et confessoris(2) (6)(Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea (379)); Sanctorum Rufini(4) et Ualerii(4) et Anniani(4)(5) eposcopi; Helisei prophetae(7); Dogmael | ||
| 15 | Sancti Viti martiris(3)(4)(5)(7); Modestii(2)(4)(5) et Crescentia(5) (Vitus and companions); Sancte Eadburge/Eadburgh(4) virginis; Clementis(7); Crisogoni(7); Trillo | ||
| 16 | Translacio Sancti Ricardi episcopi(2); Cirici(4)(5)/Cyriac/Cyricus; Ismael; Iulitte(4)/Iuliani(5) cum xl milia(5) (with 40 soldiers) | ||
| 17 | Sancti Botulfi episcopi/confessorius(5) (Botulf); Adulf; Briavel; Moling; Nectan | ||
| 18 | Sanctorum Marci(3)(4)(5)(7) et Marcelliani(3)(4)(5)(7) (Mark and Marcellian); Ephraem/Ephram (of Edessa, Syria, Deacon (373)) | ||
| 19 | Sanctorum Gervasi(2)(3)(5)(7) et Protasii(2)(3)(5)(7) (Gervase and Protase); Nazari(7); Juliani Falconieri; Romuald | ||
| 20 | Sancti Albanis martyris (Alban, 1st Martyr of Britain (304) according to some sources); Translatio Sancti Eaduueardi martyris(6) (Translation of St. Edward the Martyr); Govan; Solsticium(3)(4); Solstitium secundum grecos (Second solstice according to the Greeks)(5); dies egyptiacus(4) | ||
| 21 | Solsticium (Summer Solstice or Midsummer);
Sancte Leofredi(5) abbatis/episcopi et confessoris (Leufred); Mewan [Lissa/Litha; Lady Day] [Summer Solstice - Modern] | ||
| 22 | Natale Apostolotum Iacabi(3)(4) (Birth of the Apostle James); et Sancti Albanis/Albani martyris(2)(3)(4)(7) (Alban, 1st Martyr of Britain (304)); Acacius; Paulinus of Nola; John Fisher and Thomas More | ||
| 23 | Aeželreše(4)(5)(7)/Ethelreda
virginis; Vilgilia(3)(4)(7)/Uigilia Iohannis(5); Sancti
Albanis martyris (Alban, 1st Martyr of Britain (304)); Cyneburg; [Midsummer's Eve; St. John's Eve] | ||
| 24 | Sancti Iohannis baptistae(2)(3)(4)(5)(7) (The Nativity of John the Baptist; Midsummer; St. John's Day); Bartholomew of Farne; Solstitium secundum romanos (Second solstice according to the Romans)(5); Solstitium(7)(32) (Summer Solstice) | ||
| 25 | Lucianae(7); Adalbart | ||
| 26 | Sanctorum Iohannis(2)(3)(4)(5)(7) et Pauli(2)(3)(4)(5)(7) martyrum (John and Paul), et Sancti Saluii(4)(5)(6) (Salvius of Valenciennes (c.768)) | ||
| 27 | Sancti Florentini martyris; Cyril of Alexandria; Zoilus; Sancte Somphrose/Simforose cum vii filiis(4)(5) | ||
| 28 | Sancti Leonis pape(2)(3)(4)(5) (Leo, Pope and Confessor); Gordiani(7); Vigilia(3)(5)(7); Irenaeus, B.of Lyons, (c.202); Austell | ||
| 29 | Natali apostolorum Petri(2)(3) at Pauli(2)(3) (The Nativity of Peter and Paul, Apostles); Passio apostolorum Petri(4)(5)(7) at Pauli(4)(5)(7) (The passion of Peter and Paul, Apostles); Elwin; Judith and Salome | ||
| 30 | Sancti Pauli(2)(3)(4)(5)(7) (Paul); Leonis(7); Albini(7); Theobald of Provins; the Martyrs of Rome |
Late June ("Bawming the Thorn Day" (Appleton, Cheshire, England))