Today is Midsummer Day or in some circles...St John the Baptist Day!
Here is a blurb from the Farmer's Almanac
"Although Midsummer Day occurs near the beginning of summer, to the farmer it is the midpoint of the growing season, halfway between planting and harvesting, and an occasion for celebration.
The English church considered it a “Quarter Day,” one of the four major divisions of the liturgical year.
After Midsummer Day, the days shorten. In Lithuanian tradition, the dew on Midsummer Day was said to make old people look younger. We say, it's worth a try!"
Through all the long midsummer day,
The meadow-sides are sweet with hay.
–John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)
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