. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. March 14.] THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 317 M D 14 W D Th MARCH 14â20, 1850. Weather in near London 1849. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. &S. Moon's Age. Clock bef. Sun. Day of Year. Peacock screams. T 50°âto". Fine. 19 a. 6 VI 1 9 26 73 F Red Ant appears. T 53»â15°. Fine. 17 2 7 49 2 9 9 74 Ifi S Frog spawns. [note heard. 'i. 57°â28°. Fine. 14 4 9 2 3 8 52 75 17 â SnN 5 S. IN Lent. St. Patrick. Wagtail's spring â V 59°â30°. N. Fine. 12 5 10 13 4 8 :)4 76 IR M Pes. Lodisa b. 1S48 Edw K. W. Saxons. â 1
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. March 14.] THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 317 M D 14 W D Th MARCH 14â20, 1850. Weather in near London 1849. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. &S. Moon's Age. Clock bef. Sun. Day of Year. Peacock screams. T 50°âto". Fine. 19 a. 6 VI 1 9 26 73 F Red Ant appears. T 53»â15°. Fine. 17 2 7 49 2 9 9 74 Ifi S Frog spawns. [note heard. 'i. 57°â28°. Fine. 14 4 9 2 3 8 52 75 17 â SnN 5 S. IN Lent. St. Patrick. Wagtail's spring â V 59°â30°. N. Fine. 12 5 10 13 4 8 :)4 76 IR M Pes. Lodisa b. 1S48 Edw K. W. Saxons. â 1'. 49°-38°. W. Rain. 10 7 11 26 5 8 17 77 10 T Black currant leaves. r. 51°-26°. E. Fine. 8 9 morn. 6 7 59 78 20 W Sun's declin. 0° 11's. Humble Bee appears. T. 46°-27°. E. Fine. 5 10 0 37 / 7 41 79 St. Patrick.âUpon the occurrence of this anniversary last year we gave a biography of this guardian of Ireland, such as we con- sidered the best sustained by the concurrent evidence of the early historians. The summary of that biography is, shortly, that he was very instrumental in converting the pagan Hibernians to Christianity, and ttiat he died on the I/ih of March, 464. We then, also, expressed uur belief that the shamrock, the three united leaflets of which he employed as an illustration of the Trinity, is not the trefoil or clover, but ihe Wood sorrel. The leaflets ot this are more beau- tiful, and are similarly united in threes. Subsequent consideration has strengthened us in our opinion. The trefoil is not eatable by man; but the shamrock was a common food of the Irish between May-day and harvest, the very time that the Wood sorrel leaves are in perfection as a sa'ad herb. "Butter, new cheese, and curds, and shamrocks, are the food of the meaner sort all this season," says Valiancey, in his Collectanea de Rebns Hibernicis; and Wythers, writing in 1613, alludes to it thus:â "Aiid, for my cloaihing, in a mantle g
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