tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post1193689590340490905..comments2023-09-02T10:14:53.094-04:00Comments on Recreating Eden: Canadian Holiday and Ancient HistoryMary Soderstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265519935852076762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-45364940051455333692008-05-20T15:36:00.000-04:002008-05-20T15:36:00.000-04:00In the early days of the Industrial revolution wor...In the early days of the Industrial revolution workers were paid weekly at closing on Saturday for a Sunday holiday. Gin was cheap. The consanguinity of these two facts led to many absences on Monday as people recovered. These were called orissions to St. Monday.<BR/>Now the gardeners suffer from the onset of back pain and too much sun from that first ecstatic weekend in Spring-almost-Summer. <BR/>What Saint might be appropriate to take the credit for the resulting absences?<BR/>--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.com