Michaelmas
A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
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A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
To make Capons [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e.,…
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