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There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter, I remember being there upon Horn Fair Day, I was dressed in my landlady's best gown and other women's attire, and to Horn Fair we went, and as we were coming back by water, all the cloaths were spoiled by dirty water, &c., that was flung on us in an inundation, for which I was obliged to present her with two guineas to make atonement for the damage sustained, &c.
Many a times I find my patients disturbed by trouble of conscience and sorrow and I have to act a divine before I can be a physician. In fact our greatest skils lies in the infusion of hopes, to induce confidence and peace of mind.
You are all bound to bless God for raising up that famous man Mr. WILLIAM LILLY, who has through God's assistance made the Art of Astrology so plain to you that you not only see your former ignorance but be in a capacity to do yourselves good. |
St Luke |
The liberty of our Commonwealth is most impaired by three sorts of men, priests, physicians, lawyers.
Nicholas Culpeper
Culpeper, the man that first ranged the woods and climbed the mountains in search of medical and salutary herbs, undoubtedly merited the gratitude of posterity.
Dr Samuel Johnson
Die, my dear doctor? That's the last thing I shall do.
Last words of Lord Palmerston, British PM, October 18, 1865
On St Luke's Day
The oxen had leave to play.
English traditional proverb
Swing low chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal dome
Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone.
Los Angeles give me Norwalk, Virginia,
Tidewater four ten oh nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor boy is on the line.
Chuck Berry, American rock and roll musician, born on October 18, 1926
It is very beautiful over there.
Thomas Alva Edison,
American inventor who died on October 18, 1931; his last words. (There is debate
over if he meant an afterlife, or the view from his window as he lay in bed.)
While I'm still kickin'
I'm gonna keep pickin' my tunes
I love what I'm doing
I hope it don't end too soon.
Chuck Berry, July 2001
It's your money. You paid for it.
George W Bush; LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA, October 18, 2000
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Feast day of St Luke the Evangelist
(Floccose agaric, Agaricus floccosus, is today's plant, dedicated to this saint.)
Luke (Greek Λουκας Loukas) is said by tradition to be the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the third and fifth books of the New Testament.
The Bible (Colossians 4, 14) says he was a physician, so he is the patron saint of physicians and surgeons. Another Christian tradition states that he was the first iconographer, and painted pictures of the Virgin Mary and of Peter and Paul, so he is also patron of artists.
Additionally, he is considered the patron of bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, butchers (because of his emblem, the winged ox), glassworkers, goldsmiths, lacemakers, notaries (because of his account of the life of Jesus), sculptors, and stained glass workers. Oddly, due to the association with horns, he is patron of cuckolds despite his lack of wife or children.
St Luke is represented in art as seated with a (usually winged) ox behind him, the ox being a sign of sacrifice. He may be shown as a bishop; with a book or an artist's brush and/or palette; painting an icon of Mary; as a physician; as a winged calf.
St Luke's little Summer
A period of mild weather in England around mid-October, St Luke's Day being October 18.
An old bit of lore has it that in days past, St Luke's Day did not receive as much attention in the secular world as
St John's Day (June
24) and Michaelmas
(September 29).
So, in order that he would not be forgotten, Luke gave the world (the
Northern Hemisphere, at any rate) some golden days before the coming of Winter. Sometimes this period is mistakenly called Indian Summer, but that
traditionally occurs between Martinmas (St
Martin's Day, November 11) and
November 20.
(However, Almaniac and Book of Days honorary checker, Diana
Schuetz, writes: "Pip, Indian Summer in the US is warm days after about the 1st of October, depending, of course, on region. With the south, it's about
October 15, and in the north, it's about
September 15. The dictionary describes it as being
'a period of warm, dry weather in late autumn, especially in North
America.' November in the US is definitely considered winter everywhere.")
Dog Whipping Day, England
(St Luke's Day) It is said that a dog ate a consecrated wafer on this day, so in some places, such as York, dogs were whipped.
Love divination
In olde Britain, to prognosticate future husbands, young women today concocted an herbal ointment made of dried marigold flowers, marjoram, thyme and wormwood, simmered in virgin honey and white vinegar. They anointed themselves with this mixture, chanting this charm thrice:
St Luke, St Luke, be kind to me
In dreams let me my true love see.
If the proposed lover smiles, he will be a loving partner but if he is rude, beware.
In Venice, the saying goes: San Luca, El ton va te la zuca ('Pumpkins go stale on St Luke's').
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