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Some of our maids sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast today, Jane called up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City. So I rose, and slipped on my night-gown and went to her window, and thought it to be on the back side of Mark Lane at the farthest; but, being unused to such fires as followed, I thought it far enough off, and so went to bed again, and to
sleep ... By and by Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down tonight by the fire we saw, and that it is now burning down all Fish Street, by London Bridge. So I made myself ready presently, and walked to the Tower; and there got up upon one of the high places, . . .and there I did see the houses at the end of the bridge all on fire, and an infinite great fire on this and the other side
... of the
bridge ... |
The
Great Fire of London, 1666 |
Having stayed, and in an hour's time seen the fire rage every way, and nobody to my sight endeavouring to quench it
... I to Whitehall (with a gentleman with me, who desired to go off from the Tower to see the fire in my boat); and there up to the King's closet in the Chapel, where people came about me, and I did give them an account [that]
dismayed them all, and the word was carried into the King. so I was called for, and did tell the King and Duke of York what I saw; and that unless His Majesty did command houses to be pulled down, nothing could stop the fire. They seemed much troubled, and the King commanded me to go to my Lord Mayor from him, and command him to spare no
houses ...
To St Paul's; and there walked along Watling Street, as well as I could, every creature coming away laden with goods to save and, here and there, sick people carried away in beds. Extraordinary goods carried in carts and on backs. At last met my Lord Mayor in Cannon Street, like a man spent, with a handkerchief about his neck. To the King's message he cried, like a fainting woman,
"Lord, what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses, but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do
it." ... So he left me, and I him, and walked home; seeing people all distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as pitch and tar, in Thames Street; and warehouses of oil and wines and brandy and other things.
Samuel
Pepys (1633 - 1703),
from his diary, c. September 2,
1666
You can't fatten the pig on market day.
John Howard, prison reformer, born on September 2, 1726
The cause of Hawaii and independence is larger and dearer than the life of any man connected with it. Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.
Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani
Is there no cooler pathway to content?
Can we not heal the insanity of pride?
John LeGay Brereton, Australian poet, born on September 2, 1871; ' War'
Now the currents of the time are setting in our favour. At last
– at last, we can say with certainty that it will be only a little while before all over the English speaking world, and then, not long after, over the rest of the civilized world, the great truth will be acknowledged that no human child comes into this world without coming into his equal right with all.
Henry George, American economist born
on September 2, 1839; shortly before embarking at San Francisco on
his 1890 tour of Australia and other countries Source
The reason why, in spite of the increase of productive power wages constantly tend to a minimum which will give but a bare living, is that, with increase in productive power, rent tends to even greater increase, thus producing a constant tendency to the forcing down of wages.
Henry George, Progress and Poverty,
1879 Source
It is true that wealth has been greatly increased, and that the average of comfort, leisure and refinement has been raised; but these gains are not general. In them the lowest class do not share. This association of poverty with progress is the great enigma of our times. There is a vague but general feeling of disappointment; an increased bitterness among the working classes; a widespread feeling of unrest and brooding revolution. The civilized world is trembling on the verge of a great movement. Either it must be a leap upward, which will open the way to advances yet undreamed of,
or it must be a plunge downward which will carry us back toward barbarism.
Henry George, ibid Source
Though God were to rain wealth from heaven or cause it to burst from the earth, to whom would the wealth belong? Nay, if the land had been property when the Israelites were in the desert, to whom would the manna have belonged?
Henry George; from a speech delivered in Australia, reported in Bunyip,
May 2, 1890
Gone are the aching want, the unceasing fret,
Mad flight and moaning over battered wings,
And self-contempt whose secret penance wrings
Out of the writhing soul her bloody sweat.
But use has never taught me to forget
The glory that the common daylight flings;
Still in my heart the rebel tocsin rings,
And still is love my glowing amulet.
Calm and contented, yet with heart afire
To fight for ever for the sake of strife,
I hold the future and the past in fee.
The time to come brings riper fruit for me
Who stretch my hands with passionate desire
And welcome for the green and grey of life.
John Le Gay Brereton, Australian poet born on September 2, 1871; 'At the Age
of 35'
For he shall write a simple song
to rouse men's hearts and cheer them,
And thousands roar the words along!
And kingdoms quake to hear them.
However faint and frail the form,
The strong heart has succeeded …
The grandest battles have been fought
With broken hearts behind them.
Henry Lawson,
Australian author and poet who died on September 2, 1922; from
'Without the Heart'
Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that in consequence of the persistence of Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her, and that, as a result, Australia is also at war.
Australian Prime Minister Robert
Menzies, radio broadcast, September 2, 1939
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Celtic tree month of Muin
(Vine) commences (Sep 2
- 29)
Like other Iron Age Europeans, the Celts were a polytheistic people prior to their conversion to (Celtic) Christianity. The Celts divided the year into 13 lunar cycles (months or moons). These were linked to specific sacred trees which gave each moon its name. Today commences the Celtic tree month of Muin.
Sacred to the god Lugh, Muin is a time for harvest, both actual and spiritual. Lugh represents spiritual and mental illumination.
The term vine was originally a term for the plant on which
grapes
grew, making wine (Greek oinos). In British English 'the vine' is
the grapevine; other vines are 'climbers'. The word, ultimately derived
from
Latin vīnea, originally referred
exclusively to the grape-bearing plant; the modern extended sense is
largely restricted to
North American English, which uses
grapevine to refer specifically to the grape-bearing Vitis
species.
"(MUHN, like 'foot'), vine - The grape (Vitis vinifera L.) is a vine growing as long as 35 m (115 feet), in open woodlands and along the edges of forests, but most commonly seen today in cultivation, as the source of wine, grape juice, and the grape juice concentrate that is so widely used as a sweetener. European grapes are extensively cultivated in North America, especially in the southwest, and an industry and an agricultural discipline are devoted to their care and the production of wine. Grapes are in the Grape family (Vitaceae)." Source
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From Wikipedia: Ramadan is a Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, believed to be the month in which the Qur'an began to be revealed. The name 'Ramadan' is taken from the name of this month; the word itself derived from an Arabic word for intense heat, scorched ground, and shortness of rations. It is considered the most venerated and blessed month of the Islamic year. Prayers, sawm (fasting), charity, and self-accountability are especially stressed at this time; religious observances associated with Ramadan are kept throughout the month. The most prominent event of this month is the daytime fasting practiced by most observant Muslims. Every day during the month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world get up before dawn to eat the Suhoor meal (the pre-dawn meal) and perform their fajr prayer. They break their fast when the fourth prayer of the day, Maghrib (sunset), is due. During Ramadan, Muslims are expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Islam and to avoid obscene and irreligious sights and sounds. Sexual activities during fasting hours are also forbidden.[Qur'an 2:187] Purity of both thought and action is important. The fast is intended to be an exacting act of deep personal worship in which Muslims seek a raised level of closeness to God. The Islamic holiday of Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of the fasting period of Ramadan and the first day of the following month, after another new moon has been sighted. Sep 2 - 29, 2008; Aug 21 - Sep 19, 2009; Aug 11 - Sep 8, 2010; Aug 1 - 29, 2011.
In the ancient Greek islands, this
was a time for commemorating the deities Ariadne, the fertility
goddess of Crete,
and Dionysus, the son of goddess Semele by Zeus.
Dionysus's followers often went to libertine excesses as he was
the god of wine and ecstasy.
Marathonia, ancient
Greece Egyptian day (dies egypticus, dies ægypticus or dies mala), unlucky day in Medieval Europe. ("But, notwithstanding, I will trust the Lord" was the associated saying.)
Feast day of St Agricola of Avignon Feast day of St Antoninus Feast day of St Antoninus of Pamiers Feast day of St Apollinaris of Posat Feast day of St Augustine Ambrose Chevreux Feast day of St Brocard Feast day of St Castor Feast day of St Charles de la Calmette Feast day of St Diomedes Feast day of St Elpidius Feast day of St Elpidius Feast day of St Eutychian Feast day of St Hesychius Feast day of St Hieu Feast day of St Ingrid of Sweden Feast day of St John Mary du Lau Feast day of St Julian Feast day of St Julian Massey Feast day of St Justus, Archbishop of Lyons Feast day of St Leonides Feast day of St Lolanus of Scotland Feast day of St Margaret of
Louvain (Marguerite
la Fiere), virgin and martyr Margaret's throat was cut by thirves in 1225; her killers threw her body into the River Deel, Ireland. Feast day of the Martyrs of September
Feast day of St Mammes of Caesaria (Mamas of Caesaria) This Cyprian saint, a semi-legendary child-martyr of the 3rd Century, befriended lions, milked lionesses and made cheese from the milk. When he hid from bandits in a Turkish cave, he was cared for by a pair of mountain sheep. At least two of his shrines are still visited by mountain sheep. Mammes was tortured for his faith by the governor of Caesarea and was then sent before the Emperor Aurelian, who tortured him again. His legend states that an angel liberated him and ordered Mammes to hide himself on a mountain near Caesarea. He was later thrown to the lions, but he managed to make the beasts docile. He preached to animals in the fields, and a lion remained with him as companion. Accompanied by the lion, he visited Duke Alexander, who condemned him to death. He was struck with a trident to the stomach. Bleeding, Mammes dragged himself to a spot near a theatre before his soul was carried into heaven by angels. Today at Morphou, Cyprus, two saltwater springs bubble blood with medicinal properties. His body, which was fragrant, signifying sainthood, had the ability to cure abscesses. Or, so it is said. Pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela diffused his cult into Spain.
Feast day of St Maxima Feast day of St Menalippus Feast day of St Nonossus Feast day of St Pantagapes Feast day of St Philadelphus Feast day of St Philip Feast day of St Solomon le Clerq Feast day of St Sulien Feast day of St Valentine of Strasbourg
Feast day of St William, Bishop of Roskilde (Roschild) An Anglo-Saxon priest named who journeyed to Denmark with the fabled King Canute of England (994 / 995 - November 12, 1035), to whom he was chaplain. There, as Bishop of Roskilde in
the island of Zealand, he became friends with Canute's
successor, King
Svend Estridsen
(Sweyn II Estridsson Ulfsson). Despite their friendship, he rebuked him for marrying
his step-daughter. Once he challenged the king and would not allow
the persecutor of Christians to enter the church, offering his own
neck to the royal guards' drawn swords. This so impressed Svend
that he converted, and became William's firm friend. Despite their differences, the two men loved each other. When Svend died in 1076 and his body was being carried to Roskilde cathedral, the heart-broken saint met the cortège and fell dead. The bodies of both men were then buried together in the cathedral. Sunrise dance,
Apache (Aug 31- Sep 3) Late August, Early September,
Freeing the
Insects, Japan
Independence Day, Vietnam The Democratic Republic of Vietnam, so named, was proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh on this day in 1945. Human Rights
in Vietnam Human Rights
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happened in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon
Yatsuo Kaze-No-Bon,
or Wind Bon Event, at Nei-Gun, Toyama Prefecture, Japan (Sep 1 - 3) Jinja Matsuri,
or Shrine Festival, at Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan (Sep 1 - 3) Ganesh Chaturthi (Ganesh Festival) is an occasion or a day on which Lord Ganesha is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees. It is also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi in Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. It is the birthday of Lord Ganesha. The festival is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada, starting on the shukla chaturthi (fourth day of the waxing moon period). This typically comes sometime between August 20 and September 15. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Ananta Chaturdashi. Ganesha (Ganesh), the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, is widely worshipped as the supreme god of prosperity and good fortune. He is worshipped as the lord of beginnings and as the lord of obstacles (Vighnesha), patron of arts and sciences, and the god of intellect and wisdom. While held all over
India, it is at its most elaborate in
Maharashtra,
Gujarat,
Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh, and other areas which were
former states of the
Maratha Empire.
Independence day, Transnistria (note Transnistria is not an internationally recognized independent state) National Day, Vietnam (independence from France, 1945)
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Festival of the Grape Vines,
ancient Greek islands,
in honour of 