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In this video, we take a look at a forgotten holiday that was perhaps as important as Christmas or Easter, called "Michaelmas". We explore what it was, and why it may have disappeared.
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The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Download available at incompetech.com
Rites
Fairytale Waltz
Celtic Impulse
Atlantean Twilight
Master of The Feast
These songs provided by the YouTube audio library
Vacation Casual
Yonder Hill and Dale
Simple Gifts
Works Cited
[1] Taylor, Rob. "Michaelmas Traditions." Black Country Bugle. October 07, 2010. Archived on Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20150930145251/http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/Michaelmas-Traditions/story-20144978-detail/story.html
[2] Holweck, Frederick. "St. Michael the Archangel." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm
[3] The Holy Bible, Book of Revelation (12:7-9), New International Version biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2012&version=NIV
[4] McGarry, Marion. "The Michaelmas Customs Associated With September 29th in Ireland." RTÉ Brainstorm. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0926/1078446-september-29th-michaelmas-ireland/
[5] "Michaelmas Bannock." Cook's Info. cooksinfo.com/michaelmas-bannock
[6] "Michaelmas." Encyclopedia Britannica. britannica.com/topic/Michaelmas
[7] Johnson, Ben. "Michaelmas." Historic-UK. 30th August 2021. historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Michaelmas
[8] Warwicker, Michelle. "Are we ready to embrace the Michaelmas goose once again?" BBC Food. 29 September 2012. Archived on Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20121003010509/http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/19731413
[9] Koenig, Chris. "Merry times at the Michaelmas Feast." The Oxford Times. 21st September 2011. Archived on Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20140327234542/http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/history/9263878.Merry_times_at_the_Michaelmas_Feast
[10] "Hiring and Mop Fairs." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiring_and_mop_fairs
[11] Lozowski, Rachel L. "Honoring St. Michael on His Feastday." Catholic Customs, Tradition in Action. traditioninaction.org/religious/d044_Michel.htm
[12] Schneck, Marcus. "What's special about Mifflin County on Goose Day, September 29?" Penn Live, Patriot News. Sep. 23, 2018. pennlive.com/life/2018/09/whats_special_about_mifflin_co.html
[13] "Michaelmas." Explorethepast.co.uk. explorethepast.co.uk/2016/09/michaelmas
[14] "Helligdagsreformen af 1770." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Article originally in Danish, translated with Google Translate. "The Public Holiday Reform of 1770."
da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helligdagsreformen_af_1770
[15] [November 1783],” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/03-01-02-0005-0012. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary of John Quincy Adams, vol. 1, November 1779 – March 1786, ed. Robert J. Taylor and Marc Friedlaender. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981, pp. 198–206.]
[16] “Memorandum List of Quitrents, 1773,” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-09-02-0322. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 9, 8 January 1772 – 18 March 1774, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, pp. 431–432.]
[17] “Post Office Instructions to James Parker, 22 April 1757,” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-07-02-0083. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 7, October 1, 1756 through March 31, 1758, ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963, pp. 194–198.]
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By William Shakespeare, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount (printers) - Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/wl6u3c, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40907189
By I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3726648
By Nils Tubbesing - Von Nils Tubbesing in die deutschsprachige Wikipedia geladen., CC BY-SA 2.0 de, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1698878
By Michael Jaletzke - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2425991
By Amaustan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79528206
By Jürgen Howaldt - Own work, de, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=389700
By P L Chadwick,, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91280667
By Lalupa - Own work, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1128342
In this video, we take a look at a forgotten holiday that was perhaps as important as Christmas or Easter, called "Michaelmas". We explore what it was, and why it may have disappeared.
Find us here too!
Patreon: Patreon.com/Fireoflearning
Lucinox – Our Science Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCM2dfLR3BR0CHuePEDtxAZw
The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Download available at incompetech.com
Rites
Fairytale Waltz
Celtic Impulse
Atlantean Twilight
Master of The Feast
These songs provided by the YouTube audio library
Vacation Casual
Yonder Hill and Dale
Simple Gifts
Works Cited
[1] Taylor, Rob. "Michaelmas Traditions." Black Country Bugle. October 07, 2010. Archived on Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20150930145251/http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/Michaelmas-Traditions/story-20144978-detail/story.html
[2] Holweck, Frederick. "St. Michael the Archangel." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm
[3] The Holy Bible, Book of Revelation (12:7-9), New International Version biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2012&version=NIV
[4] McGarry, Marion. "The Michaelmas Customs Associated With September 29th in Ireland." RTÉ Brainstorm. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0926/1078446-september-29th-michaelmas-ireland/
[5] "Michaelmas Bannock." Cook's Info. cooksinfo.com/michaelmas-bannock
[6] "Michaelmas." Encyclopedia Britannica. britannica.com/topic/Michaelmas
[7] Johnson, Ben. "Michaelmas." Historic-UK. 30th August 2021. historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Michaelmas
[8] Warwicker, Michelle. "Are we ready to embrace the Michaelmas goose once again?" BBC Food. 29 September 2012. Archived on Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20121003010509/http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/19731413
[9] Koenig, Chris. "Merry times at the Michaelmas Feast." The Oxford Times. 21st September 2011. Archived on Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20140327234542/http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/history/9263878.Merry_times_at_the_Michaelmas_Feast
[10] "Hiring and Mop Fairs." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiring_and_mop_fairs
[11] Lozowski, Rachel L. "Honoring St. Michael on His Feastday." Catholic Customs, Tradition in Action. traditioninaction.org/religious/d044_Michel.htm
[12] Schneck, Marcus. "What's special about Mifflin County on Goose Day, September 29?" Penn Live, Patriot News. Sep. 23, 2018. pennlive.com/life/2018/09/whats_special_about_mifflin_co.html
[13] "Michaelmas." Explorethepast.co.uk. explorethepast.co.uk/2016/09/michaelmas
[14] "Helligdagsreformen af 1770." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Article originally in Danish, translated with Google Translate. "The Public Holiday Reform of 1770."
da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helligdagsreformen_af_1770
[15] [November 1783],” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/03-01-02-0005-0012. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary of John Quincy Adams, vol. 1, November 1779 – March 1786, ed. Robert J. Taylor and Marc Friedlaender. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981, pp. 198–206.]
[16] “Memorandum List of Quitrents, 1773,” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-09-02-0322. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 9, 8 January 1772 – 18 March 1774, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, pp. 431–432.]
[17] “Post Office Instructions to James Parker, 22 April 1757,” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-07-02-0083. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 7, October 1, 1756 through March 31, 1758, ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963, pp. 194–198.]
Picture Attributions
By William Shakespeare, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount (printers) - Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/wl6u3c, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40907189
By I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3726648
By Nils Tubbesing - Von Nils Tubbesing in die deutschsprachige Wikipedia geladen., CC BY-SA 2.0 de, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1698878
By Michael Jaletzke - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2425991
By Amaustan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79528206
By Jürgen Howaldt - Own work, de, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=389700
By P L Chadwick,, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91280667
By Lalupa - Own work, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1128342
