So I was planning on working on my webnovel today and decided to check on the tattoo pages I worked on the other day, only to see one page was missing and the other was a “draft.” Well, it’s great that the draft is still there… but… but… one whole page missing is not a good thing! I deleted the old pages because I had compiled those pages into one and now I have to do the whole thing over again! Wahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! And Google didn’t cache them, so I can’t even cheat.
I am not pleased.
January 7th
This is Twelfth Night and Old Christmas day according to the Julian Calendar. It marks the end of the Yule festivities according to old Teutonic Pagan traditions which honor the Mother goddess. On this night, the Twelfth-cake is prepared to select the Rulers of Twelfth Night. This is a large cake, usually frosted and otherwise ornamented. A bean (king) or pea (queen) or coin is placed in the batter to determine the ‘king’ and ‘queen’ of the feast. The twelfth-cake is divided among the children, and the children who find the prizes are crowned, placed on a throne, and paraded in state. If a girl finds the male token, she must name her sovereign, and if a male finds the female token, he chooses his consort.
According to Frazer, the time between Christmas and Epiphany is a witching time. On the Lake of Lucerne at Brunnen, two female wood spirits, Strudeli and Stratteli appear on Twelfth Night according to Swiss Lore. La Befana, the good fairy of Italian children, fills their stockings on Twelfth Night. She is Italy’s “Santa Claus.” Flying on her broomstick, she enters through the chimney, bringing gifts for children.
In Japan, this is Dezomeshiki. The fire brigade goes back into formation after the holiday celebration. Firemen in costumes from the Middle Ages give acrobatic performances atop ladders, and demonstrations are staged at the Palace plaza.
Joan of Arc was born in 1412 and died May 30, 1431. It was around 1424, when she was 12, that Joan said she began to have visions of Saints Catherine and Margaret and St. Michael the Archangel. Michael had been chosen in 1422 as one of the patron saints of the French Royal army, and had long been the patron of the fortified island of Mont-St-Michel, which had been holding out against repeated English assaults.
Apple trees are Wassailed and given libations today.
This is the 22nd of Mechir in the Egyptian calendar, the Feast of Ptah and Horus.
Comments (4)
That sucks. I hate it when stuff like that happens!
my computer hates me, but I think it’s me. Merry Christmas to my Orthodox friends! I’m not Italian but I have a chimney – I prefer any gift not be a raccoon! (Companion is Italian, hence the fish Christmas Eve feast – learned alot about it watching Giada on the food channel)
Oh no! Good luck putting it back together again. Technology is sometimes not our friend!
Ouch! I’m so sorry that happened to you.