I’ve included a few random bits of information I collected from the vast internet highway to help celebrate this day of play.
Saint Distaff’s Day, Or The Morrow After Twelfth Day
Partly work and partly play
Ye must on S. Distaff’s day:
From the plough soon free your team,
Then come home and fodder them.
If the maids a-spinning go,
Burn the flax and fire the tow;
Scorch their plackets, but beware
That ye singe no maidenhair.
Bring in pails of water, then,
Let the maids bewash the men.
Give S. Distaff all the right,
Then bid Christmas sport good-night;
And next morrow everyone
To his own vocation.
You can find more work by Robert Herrick on Gutenberg.org.
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I hope you enjoy St Distaff’s Day as a fun day of spinning!