Re: [lace] St. Catherine, our Patron Saint - for Newbies
On 19/11/2011 17:48, jeria...@aol.com wrote: Dear Newbies, We have written extensively through the years about St. Catherine, the patron saint of lacemakers, whose day is next Friday, November 25th. There are local lace guilds who use this day as a special time for a gathering of lacemakers. The English custom is to serve Cattern Cakes. I don't know how I've missed this in the couple of years I've been on Arachne, but I shall make Cattern cakes to take away with me on Thursday so we can eat Cattern Cakes in honour of our patron saint. Lesley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] St. Catherine, our Patron Saint - for Newbies
Thank you for list the sites. and to all the lacers out there. I will be lacing friday in honor of our Saint. My Saint Catherine look over all of us. Happy Thanksgiving to our everyone celebrating. From: jeria...@aol.com jeria...@aol.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:48 AM Subject: [lace] St. Catherine, our Patron Saint - for Newbies Dear Newbies, We have written extensively through the years about St. Catherine, the patron saint of lacemakers, whose day is next Friday, November 25th. There are local lace guilds who use this day as a special time for a gathering of lacemakers. The English custom is to serve Cattern Cakes. This year, the 25th is the day after the American Thanksgiving. This is a time when correspondence on Arachne drops to almost nothing, while our busy women are preparing family feasts or traveling to be with loved ones. Therefore, (for the time - next weekend - when you are not receiving much mail) I am giving you the address where you can read all about St. Catherine and the cake served in her memory: _http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html) At this site, search for: 1. St. Catherine's Day 2. Cattern Cake If long-time members of Arachne are celebrating St. Catherine, please share what kind of program you have planned or memories of this day, so our newbies may learn more about this old custom that we are dedicated to keeping. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] St. Catherine, our Patron Saint - for Newbies
Dear Newbies, We have written extensively through the years about St. Catherine, the patron saint of lacemakers, whose day is next Friday, November 25th. There are local lace guilds who use this day as a special time for a gathering of lacemakers. The English custom is to serve Cattern Cakes. This year, the 25th is the day after the American Thanksgiving. This is a time when correspondence on Arachne drops to almost nothing, while our busy women are preparing family feasts or traveling to be with loved ones. Therefore, (for the time - next weekend - when you are not receiving much mail) I am giving you the address where you can read all about St. Catherine and the cake served in her memory: _http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html) At this site, search for: 1. St. Catherine's Day 2. Cattern Cake If long-time members of Arachne are celebrating St. Catherine, please share what kind of program you have planned or memories of this day, so our newbies may learn more about this old custom that we are dedicated to keeping. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
