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History
During the Middle Ages, Michaelmas was celebrated as a Holy Day of Obligation, but this tradition was abolished in the 18th century. Lutheran Christians consider it a principal feast of Christ, and the Lutheran Confessor, Philip Melanchthon, wrote a hymn for the day that is still sung in Lutheran Churches: “Lord God to Thee We Give.” It was also one of the English and Welsh and Irish quarter days when accounts had to be settled. On manors, it was the day when a reeve was elected from the peasants. Traditional meal for the day includes goose (a “stubble-goose”, i.e. one prepared around harvest time) and a special cake called a St Michael’s bannock. On the Isle of Skye, Scotland, a procession was held.
In addition, the traditional printer’s fete, the wayzgoose, was celebrated on or around Michalemas, again, as a celebration of the changing seasons, it being the advent of work by candlelight. The master printer would provide a feast for his journeymen and apprentices, and as per tradition, a stubble-goose was also prepared.
Differences in number of archangels
In Anglican and Episcopal tradition, there are three or four archangels in its calendar for 29 September feast for St. Michael and All Angels: namely Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, and often, Uriel. The Bible itself identifies only Michael as “the archangel” (book of Jude, verse 9) and does not identify any other creatures as being archangels.
Autumn term in universities
Main article: Michaelmas term
Main Reading Room, Bodleian Law Library, University of Oxford on Michaelmas
It is used in the extended sense of autumn, used as the name of the first term of the academic year, which begins at this time, at various educational institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland (typically those with lengthy history and traditions, notably the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Aberystwyth)
Use by legal profession
The Inns of Court of the English Bar and the Honorable Society of King’s Inns in Ireland also have a Michaelmas term as one of their dining terms. It begins in September and ends towards the end of December.
The term is also the name of the first of four terms into which the legal year is divided by the courts of England and Wales.
Modern observances
Michaelmas is still celebrated in the Waldorf schools, which celebrate it as the “festival of strong will” during the autumnal equinox.
Old Michaelmas Day
Old Michaelmas Day falls on 11 October (10 October according to some sources). According to an old legend, blackberries should not be picked after this date. This is because, so folklore goes, Satan was banished from Heaven on this day, fell into a blackberry bush and cursed the brambles as he fell into them. In Yorkshire it is said that the devil had spat on them. According to Morrell (1977), this old legend is well-known in all parts of the United Kingdom, even as far north as the Orkney Islands.
See also
St Michael and All Angels Church
References
^ Oremus.org website. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
^ Saint Uriel Church website patron Saint web page. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
^ Episcopal Church, Standing Liturgical Commission. The proper for the lesser feasts and fasts: together with the fixed holy days, Church Hymnal Corp., 1988, ISBN 9780898692143. p. 380
^ Anglican.org website Michaelmas page. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
^ St. George’s Lennoxville website, What Are Anglicans, Anyway? page. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
^ Christ Church Eureka website, September Feasts page. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
Further reading
Morrell, P. (1977). Festivals and Customs. London: Pan (Piccolo). ISBN 0330 0252151
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michaelmas
Michaelmas – Scottish Traditions
Alice’s Medieval Feasts & Fasts: Michaelmas
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Michael the Archangel
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Gabriel the Archangel
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Raphael the Archangel
History & Methods of Celebrating the Feast of the Archangels
Images & Prayers Dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel
Readings for the Day from the Lectionary of the Episcopal Church: Michaelmas
Michael and All Angels
About Old Michaelmas
Categories: Christian festivals and holy days | Saints days | Holidays in the United Kingdom | September observances
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