On Michaelmas:

If you eat goose on Michaelmas Day, you will not be short of money all year round.
Traditional English proverb

If St Michael brings many acorns, Christmas will cover the fields with snow.
Traditional English proverb

St Michael's rain does not stay long in the sky.
Traditional French proverb

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It is traditionally considered lucky to eat goose today- also, the baking and eating of a special loaf of bread is considered lucky. Guess what Sarah's making tonight~ (The bread, not the goose. ;p)

The Michaelmas Daisy- also known as the Aster- is sacred to this day. We all know the little purple flowers that look like daisies- they grow plentifully in the fields during this time. When I was a little girl, I used to love going out into the meadows to gather a child's handful of them- bringing the heavy scent of autumn's change into the house.

This is a day of metamorphosis- of triumph- of beauty. This is the symbolic threshold to Autumn. My absolute favorite time of year.