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Michaelmas: Traditionally in Ireland the day to mark the end of harvest The traditional greeting – “May Michaelmas féinín on you.” – wished for an abundant harvest

The feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels. Those sent to help or guide us.

Where is the angel

to wrestle with me and wound
not my thigh but my throat,
so curses and blessings flow storming out

and the glass shatters, and the iron sunders?
 

Denise Levertov, Where is the Angel [extract]