tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post2776086071755343710..comments2024-03-27T05:18:53.795-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Today is Candlemas Day.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-59591641323308404882011-02-03T15:17:32.937-08:002011-02-03T15:17:32.937-08:00Candlemas is certainly more romantic than Ground H...Candlemas is certainly more romantic than Ground Hog's Day. Interesting tidbit about the marshmallows in The King's Speech.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61153696817986567922011-02-03T14:03:08.229-08:002011-02-03T14:03:08.229-08:00My ex-brother and sister-in-law - he educated at T...My ex-brother and sister-in-law - he educated at Tonbridge School and a Wing-Commander in the RAF and she a middle class offspring of army provenance - 'churched' themselves after the birth of their first child. So it's far from being a regional or even significantly archaic ceremony. I understand that it represents a ritual purification after committing the 'act of darkness' necessary for procreation. All part of hard-core Christianity's wholesome and life-affirming attitude towards sexual activity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-12526140002364286292011-02-03T02:05:14.261-08:002011-02-03T02:05:14.261-08:00Thank you for the response - yes candles all round...Thank you for the response - yes candles all round last night we certainly need them this time of the year. But we must all spare a thought for the awful Queensland cyclone, so soon after the floods - and for the major snowstorm sweeping across America.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84948607649448329122011-02-02T19:42:19.690-08:002011-02-02T19:42:19.690-08:00Interesting conjectures!
Aloha from Honolulu
Co...Interesting conjectures!<br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br />><}}(°><br /><br /><br /><°)}}><Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8238883831951681282011-02-02T13:02:20.052-08:002011-02-02T13:02:20.052-08:00Weaver, I've always found this a scholarly and...Weaver, I've always found this a scholarly and useful resource:<br /><br />http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/crt/crt20.htm<br /><br />Scroll down past Epiphany and you'll get to Candlemas.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69500612446434342011-02-02T12:52:04.853-08:002011-02-02T12:52:04.853-08:00Hello there - I was pointed in your direction by E...Hello there - I was pointed in your direction by Elizabeth in New York.<br />I enjoyed this post though I was a bit bemused by the idea of 'churching'<br />I will go back and read some more - thank you.Sharon Longworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120227975152565893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-23013415632743861382011-02-02T12:37:55.184-08:002011-02-02T12:37:55.184-08:00As one of your US readers, I am hooked on "La...As one of your US readers, I am hooked on "Lark Rise to Candleford!" I wasn't ever aware of the books, but have to say as with all British period TV programs, the attention the production pays to details is so fascinating; the hairdos, the costumes, the language, the manners and the different stations in life! Everything is probably a bit romanticized, but I love it! It comes on late Saturday afternoons on PBS where I am.Jane Moxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771039102502842946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74224814528816494752011-02-02T11:42:21.829-08:002011-02-02T11:42:21.829-08:00I've heard of churching, and thought it probab...I've heard of churching, and thought it probably related to the Church's take on a Pagan cleansing ritual. I remember reading in Juliette de Bairacli-Levi's "Wanderers in the New Forest" about the Romany gypsy women in her area of the Forest going to give birth beneath a big holly tree near Godshill. They were considered unclean, I believe, for a period of about 6 weeks after the baby's birth. Hmmm - idea for blog post . . .<br /><br />I love LRTC and read the books many years ago. Some of the scenarios they have thought up are a bit silly at times, but I enjoy it all the same. I noticed the straw bales this week . . . Oh, and I used to be shin kicking champion when I was a kid (must have been my Devon blood!!!)Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-51550977158739320572011-02-02T11:06:56.534-08:002011-02-02T11:06:56.534-08:00I wonder if "churching" is akin to ritua...I wonder if "churching" is akin to ritual baths in the Jewish tradition, for purposes of cleansing and purifying. <br /><br />I tend to agree with Feltmaker in its true purpose, which also probably included obscuring the power of the Divine Feminine.<br /><br />Wishing you the light of a thousand candles today, Weaver.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32096991192241627902011-02-02T10:31:02.043-08:002011-02-02T10:31:02.043-08:00Particularly , I must add, towards and about women...Particularly , I must add, towards and about women. Feckin loopers! (the priestly fellows I mean, not women, I love women.)Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-59951874241887118752011-02-02T10:28:26.617-08:002011-02-02T10:28:26.617-08:00Churching? Bonkers! I still believe in a God, so f...Churching? Bonkers! I still believe in a God, so far, and I feel so sorry for her/him/it with all the stupid bloody nonsense done in their name(s)Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89056674704208332452011-02-02T08:06:40.029-08:002011-02-02T08:06:40.029-08:00All I know of churching is that after the mother h...All I know of churching is that after the mother had given birth to a child (who inherited original sin through the sheer misfortune of existing) the mother too was unclean until she had been churched and then she was considered fit to re-enter polite society. Personally I think it's another way that the church sought to gain influence in the significant events of a person's life. It was quite big in the fens as a practice. Happy Candlemass Weaver of grass :) FxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-63044071868108132372011-02-02T07:37:07.522-08:002011-02-02T07:37:07.522-08:00Well now I know that we must have adopted our &quo...Well now I know that we must have adopted our "ground hog day" tradition from Candlemas. I've never heard of churching women before either. I'll have to ask my mother if she has - very interesting.jeanette from everton terracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025486213973874174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52546746929074398652011-02-02T07:26:10.497-08:002011-02-02T07:26:10.497-08:00I have heard of Candlemas, but never about 'ch...I have heard of Candlemas, but never about 'churching' a new mother. As for groundhog day - all the critters in the north east NA agree it has to be an early spring. However I must say our local (wild) groundhog was a no-show. Having more sense than us humans he probably decided to stay in his warm bed and not give a hoot about shadows. As for the big winter storm, it's not that bad here - snow and wind, but not nearly as bad as points south of us. ATB!Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016141887399309190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-58020786871631021842011-02-02T06:32:00.453-08:002011-02-02T06:32:00.453-08:00I'd never heard of churching of a mother, but ...I'd never heard of churching of a mother, but then I thought about when my youngest sister was born, and that my mother wasn't at the baptism, which took place just a week after her birth. I'll have to ask my mother if she stayed away because she hadn't yet been churched.<br />I love Larkrise to Candleford. We get it a season late here, and I watch it every Sunday night.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82845064002266672942011-02-02T05:08:30.880-08:002011-02-02T05:08:30.880-08:00My sister was churched 12 years ago after the birt...My sister was churched 12 years ago after the birth of her second son. I remember my mum was very insistant on it being done as it was a way of thanking god for her safe delivery and, she claimed, babies did better after it had been done.<br />I remember her telling me at one time an unchurched woman wasn't welcome into some peoples houses.<br />I'm quite into history and primitive cultures and it is a belief in some cultures that the blood of childbirth attracts evil spirits to the recently birthed woman. Perhaps this tradition has its roots in this superstition (churching exorcised evil spirits that were still lingering around).shariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899435247762808267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-81006566153812402242011-02-02T04:57:18.252-08:002011-02-02T04:57:18.252-08:00Tradition is being swept away. Our youngest daught...Tradition is being swept away. Our youngest daughter celebrates Candlemas and several other festivals, as she is very interested in pre-Christian religion. <br />I remember 'proper' corn stooks and an aunt of mine was churched after the birth of one of my cousins - that would have been about 60 years ago and in Buckinghamshire. Whether it is still observed I don't know. I rather like the idea of keeping up the old traditions but there is usually someone who will point out that we are now in the 21st century!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31634718312509713682011-02-02T03:52:39.334-08:002011-02-02T03:52:39.334-08:00to paraphrase and add a small but key detail to ar...to paraphrase and add a small but key detail to arija's comment - "candlemas coincides with (north) american groundhog day" as it is also acknowledged in canada. on this day - in this moment - it is twenty below celsius and a major winter storm is dropping thirty + cm of snow on us! lotsa shovelling coming my way!!! thanks for the informative post. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89308333907777431922011-02-02T03:47:01.814-08:002011-02-02T03:47:01.814-08:00Candlemas coincides with American groundhog day. C...Candlemas coincides with American groundhog day. Churching is something I certainly have not heard of before, it seems an odd practice.<br /><br />It is always fun to see obvious digressions from period pieces like the famous wrist watch on Peter sellers in 'The Party'. Modern film makers have little idea of the social restrictions of times gone by, one so often sees obvious gaffes.<br /><br />I wonder how your snowdrops are coming along . . .Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53692296092007522892011-02-02T03:20:26.129-08:002011-02-02T03:20:26.129-08:00Happy New Year Pat, belated greetings I know. I po...Happy New Year Pat, belated greetings I know. I pop in when I can, to read your posts. I don’t visit blogs as often as I used to. I haven’t commented for a while. Pat, I found this post so informative. I have heard the term Candlemas but never understood its meaning. Thank you for the enlightenment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69974766745681357362011-02-02T02:46:21.978-08:002011-02-02T02:46:21.978-08:00Nice flowers, good weather.
Regards
Dinesh Chand...Nice flowers, good weather.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Dinesh Chandra<br /><br />9988901723Dinesh chandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258082864099940181noreply@blogger.com