Friday, June 23, 2006

La Luna

Tonight is Midsummer Night's Eve, also called St. John's Eve. St.
John is the patron saint of beekeepers. It's a time when the hives
are full of honey. The full moon that occurs this month was called
the Mead Moon, because honey was fermented to make mead. That's where
the word "honeymoon" comes from.

Shakespeare set his play A Midsummer Night's Dream on this night. It
tells the story of two young couples who wander into a magical forest
outside Athens. In the play, Shakespeare wrote, "The course of true
love never did run smooth."

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