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alt_terryeveryone knows about the first day of seasons. boot especially pays attention to the beginning of winter, for example, because he has to look for rags for his feet. (although no rags this year since he has shoes. not as nice as the shoes the students have, or the boots he had for awhile. still, boot is glad to have them.)
anyway, this day is the one which is exactly halfway between the beginning of winter and the beginning of spring. some call it 'Candlemas.' there was a woman in the camps who told boot that some called it 'brigit's day,' but boot doesnt know who 'brigit' is.
but she also told boot that there is another, older name for this day. boot thinks it is 'Imbolk,' except he isnt sure that is spelled right. boot should ask hermione. anyway, that name means, 'in the belly,' meaning like the place inside a ewe when she is carrying a lamb. so the word means new beginnings.
boot likes that idea. winter was always hard in the camps. lots of people died. in february the only potatoes left were rotten and the food was running out. it helped boot to remember Candlemas, when the cold seemed like it has sunk into his bones for good. it meant that winter couldnt last forever. the sky gets light earlier in the morning, and later in the afternoon.
winter is so much easier for boot now that he is at hogwarts. he knows he is a lucky mudblood.
anyway, this day is the one which is exactly halfway between the beginning of winter and the beginning of spring. some call it 'Candlemas.' there was a woman in the camps who told boot that some called it 'brigit's day,' but boot doesnt know who 'brigit' is.
but she also told boot that there is another, older name for this day. boot thinks it is 'Imbolk,' except he isnt sure that is spelled right. boot should ask hermione. anyway, that name means, 'in the belly,' meaning like the place inside a ewe when she is carrying a lamb. so the word means new beginnings.
boot likes that idea. winter was always hard in the camps. lots of people died. in february the only potatoes left were rotten and the food was running out. it helped boot to remember Candlemas, when the cold seemed like it has sunk into his bones for good. it meant that winter couldnt last forever. the sky gets light earlier in the morning, and later in the afternoon.
winter is so much easier for boot now that he is at hogwarts. he knows he is a lucky mudblood.
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Date: 2009-02-04 02:26 am (UTC)And Brigit is a woman from a long time ago I think. I'll look that up too.
You're right that winter is easier here. Some camps just have tents for some people, can you imagine? I wouldn't want to be in the snow in a tent.