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Gather ye blackberries while ye may

OFFICIALLY, summer is over. Michaelmas—something of a moveable feast, falling on September 29, or the 9th, or even October 10 according to fancy—marks the beginning of autumn. You wouldn’t have known it, as Oliver and I, burdened with farm implements, dragged ourselves up the hill behind the house in the heat.

According to the Irish-speaking members of my. The term is used when you go to hear old stories, if you are there to gossip and—one of my personal favourites—fiosrú if the purpose of your call is the extraction of information.

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