Saint Agnes Eve - Dream your way to conjugal happiness!

Martyred for steadfastly holding onto her virginity and eschewing all offers of matrimony Saint Agnes is of course an obvious choice of Saint to secure you a future husband.

At midnight throw hemp seed over your shoulder and an image of your future spouse will appear in your dreams. Speak the following incantation before you go to bed (ensure you sleep on your left side and chant the words three times);

"Saint Agnes is a friend to me

In the gift I ask of thee

Let me this night my husband see" 

Some dreams of suitors are underwhelming.

If you dream of a man, well done, that's your future husband! 

If you dream of lots of men you are going to get married many times. 

If you don't dream of any men it means you will live alone.

If you dream of thistles or thorny plants it means your husband will rarely shave.

If you dream of a puddle it means your husband will sweat profusely.

If you dream of poultry it means your husband's breath will smell.

If you dream of stew cooking in a pot it means your husband will be most bilious.

If you dream of a mouse it means your husband will be obedient.

If you dream of large velvet cushions it means your husband will comfortably rotund.

If you dream of white clouds it means your husband will be old.

If you dream of eggs it means your husband will be young.

If you dream of a desert it means your husband will give you no young. 

(Adapted from "The Dark Dreams of the Fertile Woman's Mind" - Sir Dalton Falsworthy 1831) 

Details of lots of saints and their interesting ways are available to explore in November's story "All Saints' Day"  in Wyrd Kalendar.

The Saints are on the March... The November mix...

The Saints are on the march and on the look out for sinners to punish this month so tread carefully upon the Kalendar Heath.

This month's mix features extracts from "All Saint's Day" the tale for November from "Wyrd Kalendar" which was published at the end of October 2017 and can be bought here.

As well as these extracts you will hear from the following musical artists exploring All Saint's Day, Bonfire Night and the month of November; The Silent Comedy, Blonde on Blonde, The Monroe Brothers, David Bowie, Gorillaz, Voice of the Seven Woods, Magnet, Cobra Verde, Eire Apparent, Lamb, David Cain, Shirley Bassey, Matt Berry, Carter USM, Dizzy Gillespie, Gram Parsons, New Model Army, Julie London, Tom Waits, The Will-O-Bees, Sammy Davis Junior, Sandy Denny, Peter Fonda, Pavlov's Dog, The Wilderness of Manitoba and Vashti Bunyan.

Saint Agnes Eve - Find Your Future Husband!

The Martyrdom of  Saint Agnes

Today is Saint Agnes Day. It is a tradition on the Eve of Saint Agnes for single women to perform acts of divination to find their future husband.

Hemp seed yesterday afternoon

At midnight, for example, if you throw hemp seed over your shoulder an image of your future spouse will appear before you.

You could try the following incantation before you go to bed (ensure you sleep on your left side and chant the words three times);

"Saint Agnes is a friend to me

In the gift I ask of thee

Let me this night my husband see" 
(Taken from "Long Ago" 1874)

If you dream of a man, well done, that's your future husband! 

If you dream of lots of men you are going to get married many times. 

If you don't dream of any men it means you will live alone.

If you dream of thistles or thorny plants it means your husband will rarely shave.

If you dream of a puddle it means your husband will sweat profusely.

If you dream of poultry it means your husband's breath will smell.

If you dream of stew cooking in a pot it means your husband will be most bilious.

If you dream of a mouse it means your husband will be obedient.

If you dream of large velvet cushions it means your husband will comfortably rotund.

If you dream of white clouds it means your husband will be old.

If you dream of eggs it means your husband will be young.

If you dream of a desert it means your husband will give you no young. 

(Adapted from "The Dark Dreams of the Fertile Woman's Mind" - Sir Dalton Falsworthy 1831) 

All of this is very strange, for Saint Agnes was martyred for steadfastly holding onto her virginity and eschewing all offers of matrimony.

Details of lots of saints and their interesting ways will be available to explore in November's story "All Saints' Day" coming soon in Wyrd Kalendar.