Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article . com, Mike
Lyle writes

It's all there in
Nostradamus and Joanna Southcott.



Haven't you heard of "organic box" schemes?


Yes, I believe they can be very prophetable.

--
Mike.

On 27/9/06 21:21, in article ,
"David Rance" wrote:

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Uncle Marvo wrote:

"Late crop spuds should be planted on Good Friday" is an adage by which I
have had much success with spuds. Good Friday occurs by dint of cunning
calculation by the church, and I believe that phases of the moon might have
something to do with that, so perhaps there is some truth in it all?

Nothing to do with that. Good Friday was traditionally a public holiday
and, in bygone days, was one of the few holidays that workers had.
Therefore it was often the only day they could plant their potatoes.

And it is, of course, the day on which you sow parsley seeds.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

"David Rance" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Uncle Marvo wrote:

"Late crop spuds should be planted on Good Friday" is an adage by which I
have had much success with spuds. Good Friday occurs by dint of cunning
calculation by the church, and I believe that phases of the moon might
have
something to do with that, so perhaps there is some truth in it all?

Nothing to do with that. Good Friday was traditionally a public holiday
and, in bygone days, was one of the few holidays that workers had.
Therefore it was often the only day they could plant their potatoes.

David

....

So where exactly did these workers work ?

Surely set working times only came in with factories in the 19th
century?


michael adams

....


--
David Rance
http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk
Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados,
France

In reply to michael adams ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

"David Rance" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Uncle Marvo wrote:

"Late crop spuds should be planted on Good Friday" is an adage by
which I have had much success with spuds. Good Friday occurs by
dint of cunning calculation by the church, and I believe that
phases of the moon might have something to do with that, so perhaps
there is some truth in it all?

Nothing to do with that. Good Friday was traditionally a public
holiday and, in bygone days, was one of the few holidays that
workers had. Therefore it was often the only day they could plant
their potatoes.

David

...

So where exactly did these workers work ?

Surely set working times only came in with factories in the 19th
century?


That's a good point. They were possibly mainly farm workers in these times,
and probably nicked the spuds from work :-)

In reply to Mike Lyle ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article . com,
Mike Lyle writes

It's all there in
Nostradamus and Joanna Southcott.



Haven't you heard of "organic box" schemes?


Yes, I believe they can be very prophetable.

:-)

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, michael adams wrote:

"Late crop spuds should be planted on Good Friday" is an adage by which I
have had much success with spuds. Good Friday occurs by dint of cunning
calculation by the church, and I believe that phases of the moon might
have
something to do with that, so perhaps there is some truth in it all?

Nothing to do with that. Good Friday was traditionally a public holiday
and, in bygone days, was one of the few holidays that workers had.
Therefore it was often the only day they could plant their potatoes.


So where exactly did these workers work ?

Surely set working times only came in with factories in the 19th
century?

So how old do you think the saying is and how do you know? Bygone days
can refer to the 20th century, let alone the 19th!

David

--
David Rance http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk
Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

In article ,
"michael adams" writes:
| "David Rance" wrote in message
| ...
|
| Nothing to do with that. Good Friday was traditionally a public holiday
| and, in bygone days, was one of the few holidays that workers had.
| Therefore it was often the only day they could plant their potatoes.
|
| So where exactly did these workers work ?
|
| Surely set working times only came in with factories in the 19th
| century?

That has nothing to do with it. During the winter, farm workers worked
all of the daylight hours. The very word holiday is just a derivation
of "holy day".

In fact, I have similar holiday conditions (though the current University
bureaucrats would like to deny it). I am employed to do a job, and the
only days that I get as formal holidays are Sundays, Christmas Day and
Good Friday. However, I am entitled to at least 7 weeks leave, so it
isn't quite as bad as it sounds :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Uncle Marvo wrote:
[...]

You've obviously had more luck with ladies than I have :-)

I probably needed luck more than you did!

--
Mike.

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"David Rance" wrote in message
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Nothing to do with that. Good Friday was traditionally a public
holiday and, in bygone days, was one of the few holidays that
workers had. Therefore it was often the only day they could plant
their potatoes.

So where exactly did these workers work ?

Surely set working times only came in with factories in the 19th
century?

Agricultural workers and domestic servants for centuries back, were
usually allocated a specified number of days off per year.

Within living memory, the church and many employers, landowners etc
enforced the strictest Sunday observance upon their flocks, employees
and servants (except, of course, where the masters' domestic needs
were concerned). So even when the masses graduated to working "only" a
six-day week, they often couldn't do their own digging, laundry etc on
Sundays.

Nor Good Friday, though :-)

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these words:

In reply to Janet Baraclough ) who wrote
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"David Rance" wrote in message
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Nothing to do with that. Good Friday was traditionally a public
holiday and, in bygone days, was one of the few holidays that
workers had. Therefore it was often the only day they could plant
their potatoes.

So where exactly did these workers work ?

Surely set working times only came in with factories in the 19th
century?

Agricultural workers and domestic servants for centuries back,
were usually allocated a specified number of days off per year.

Within living memory, the church and many employers, landowners
etc enforced the strictest Sunday observance upon their flocks,
employees and servants (except, of course, where the masters'
domestic needs were concerned). So even when the masses graduated
to working "only" a six-day week, they often couldn't do their own
digging, laundry etc on Sundays.

Nor Good Friday, though :-)

Good Friday church attendance may well have been enforced, but
afaik the biblical embargo on working applies only to Sabbath.

That's true. Saturday.

:-)

Hi there, I use the moon as a guide to planting although not as strictly as the books that are written on the subject, as a genral rule of thumb I plant any root crops on the wane and any foliage or above ground crops on the wax.....this has always worked for me, where would we be without our lovely moon.