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I was wondering if they're still around! And this reminds me that I have an acquaintance who's been collecting Almanacs from all over for years, and he's got some fairly old ones. I always thought it was an interesting and unusual hobby...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 15, 2013 at 9:26 PM
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I loved this post. It brought back so many good memories. My mother did all her gardening by the Almanac and as she called them the signs. Wherever the moon is on Good Friday, that is the day she planted her green beans and she always grew more than I wanted to help can for the winter. 
posted by
Justi
on September 14, 2013 at 9:20 PM
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CWith my cover and sheet, lying only on a throw over the remaining cot in storage in the shed and remaining in my bedroom after the exterminations (four) I’ve been cold love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st 
posted by
BC-A
on September 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM
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CThink of it as a positive new image. With all your gnomes around, Wiley will look like Santa Claus with that walking stick. However, he could be mistaken for a belsnickel. Then naughty gnomes better watch out; they better not cry. In any event Wiley will always be his lovable self. I wish him safe and healthy love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on September 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM
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Wow, that one is even older than ours. Old Moore's Almanack has been published in Britain since 1697. It was published by a self-taught physician and astrologer who served at the court of Charles II. (so says Wikipedia)
posted by
TAPS.
on September 14, 2013 at 12:20 PM
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Old Moores Almanac . You jar my memory we used to sell them on our old van. One or two old folk would ask (havy gotting my alde Moors) I used to think they were boring ,but I expect most would at sixteen..
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 12:09 PM
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I'd love to see a copy or two of his astronomical caloculations posted here on Blogit. I am still fascinated by the fact that you grew up with all of that scientific stuff.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 14, 2013 at 11:13 AM
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We are getting some wacky weather too. It was ninety-five on Wednesday. Today, it's sixty-five.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 14, 2013 at 10:09 AM
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I send one to my BIL. every year...he enjoys all the little snippets of information and the quotes...a glimpse into another culture similar but not the same ..and of course we all have the farming back ground...Re your Comment to Wiley and the cane...he is really good these days at pirouettes and soft shoe or the slipper slide and the bumping into furniture or the head first dive into a chair. When I read about dancing with a cane, I got the giggles...Poor Wiley, how awful for him to have a wife who giggles at his unfortunate antics.
posted by
Kabu
on September 14, 2013 at 9:41 AM
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There may still be one around. I think we had one in Olympia. And my sister might also still have one.
posted by
Ciel
on September 14, 2013 at 9:38 AM
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Re: Ciel
This is so interesting. Do you by any chance have a copy of one of the old ones that had your Dad's calculations in it?
posted by
TAPS.
on September 14, 2013 at 8:57 AM
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I am wearing a sweater and warm slippers as I read this at 8:30 am
posted by
Lanetay
on September 14, 2013 at 8:30 AM
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i live in the midwest too...we have a saying in st louis...dont like the weather? wait five minutes and it will change
posted by
Annicita
on September 14, 2013 at 8:30 AM
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We would get the Almanac at home too, although I'm not sure how much faith my grandpa had in it. I haven't though about that book for years. Nice memory. Interesting comment from Ciel too.
posted by
adnohr
on September 14, 2013 at 8:05 AM
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My dad used to provide the astronomical calculations
for the Farmer's Almanac. He did that for quite a few years, then retired. A year or two later, he was mentioned in an article as having done this from... whatever year he started "until his death" in whatever year they said. As he was still very much alive, their friends in their summer Airstream community had a good chuckle, and took to calling Mom, The Widow Franklin. It was several more years before that title actually applied.
posted by
Ciel
on September 14, 2013 at 7:25 AM
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I remember glancing through a Farmer's Almanac several years ago, purely for amusement, and could never figure out how they could possibly predict various weather patterns that far in advance. They can't even do that accurately today with all of our modern equipment! I think they were just guessing . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on September 14, 2013 at 7:03 AM
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Whatever the topic it's a pleasure reading you Taps.💝🌹
posted by
shamasehar
on September 14, 2013 at 5:46 AM
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I remember the almanac and how people waited for
certain phases of the moon to plant certain crops - if the moon wasn't aligned, the peas wouldn't sprout or the beans would blight.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 14, 2013 at 4:11 AM
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i like the imagery of a dog earred farmers almanac next to a holy bible... where does the info in those things come from? they certainly seem accurate, don't they?
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on September 14, 2013 at 2:07 AM
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