10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAINT LUKE'S SUMMER»
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... Eng. Folk-Lore, 260. October the 30th, old St Luke's Day, often brings with it
fine sunny weather, and consequently has received the name of 'St Luke's Little
Summer'. 1889: Peacock, Manley, etc., Gloss., 455 (E.D.S.), Saint Luke's Summer
.
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005
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The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
The American term is now common in England, but older names like Saint
Martin's summer (Saint Martin's Day is November 11) and Saint Luke's summer (
Saint Luke's Day is October 8) are still current there. It is likely that England once
had ...
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Through the Garden Gate
It is like Saint Martin's summer (around the eleventh of November) except it is
earlier and warmer, and even more flowering. This year, Saint Luke's summer
came early; it began in late September when the mocking bird was starting to
sing ...
Elizabeth Lawrence, Bill Neal, 1995
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Neighbouring Eyes: A Tale of 1951
... tothe end ofhis lastlong vacation as an undergraduate—where would hebe
next October?— now seemed to bethemoment, atthe height of a Saint Luke's
summer, to bring outhis letter of permission from the trustees and go and make
his visit.
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A Postcard from the Volcano: A Novel of Pre-war Germany
Saint Luke's summer— the phrase, Emilia's, came back to him from his childhood
: he had noticed in his missal that the feast of Saint Luke had been the day before
. He went to the old smoky cafe where he had taken Anna on that Sunday ...
But the sun had been quite strong when she travelled up to town. The fine
weather had set in very shortly after Mr. Heniker's visit. We might usually hope for
a fine October — Saint Luke's Summer. Heniker said that the fine weather had set
in ...
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Collected poems, 1943-1987
Saint Luke's Summer, the Silver Age of the year - Chryselephantine autumn,
white cloud and gold leaf Recalling an ivory shoulder, the light in your hair - Let
the still rains drip to my heart, and rinse it of grief! But is there any dabbing could
...
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The lowest rung: together with The hand on the latch, St. ...
Saint Luke's summer was glorious that year, and it was nowhere more wonderful
than in the forest. One still golden day followed another, the gossamer-threaded
sunshine flooding the glades of yellowing and amber trees, spilling itself ...
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Tıpkı ve benzer Türk-İngiliz atasözleri ve deyimleri
559- SAINT LUKE'S SUMMER - PASTIRMA YAZI. (See: 1 - INDIAN SUMMER; 2 -
SAINT MARTIN'S SUMMER.) Or LITTLE SUMMER OF ST. LUKE. (St. Luke's day
being Oct, 18.) (Idiom.) 560- SAINT MARTIN'S SUMMER - PASTIRMA YAZI.
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The Corner That Held Them
All her placid light-hearted senility was scattered like the leaves of a Saint Luke's
summer. She wept as a young woman weeps, stamping, and clawing her bosom;
and from that hour she either grieved or raged till a flux ended her. It seemed ...
Sylvia Townsend Warner, 2012
