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What time today do you reckon the devil spits on the blackberries?

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MagentaRavioli · 29/09/2024 16:26

I know we’ve had blackberry season for a good 6 weeks and I really should have picked more ahead of Michalmas, but life is busy. Do you reckon the devil spits on the blackberries at midnight on the feast day, or sunset the night before, or will I be okay with nipping out this afternoon to see what I can salvage from the hedgerow?

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chisanunian · 30/09/2024 20:34

It's just as well that I didn't leave it till the last minute to pick blackberries round here, because at the moment it would have involved wading through the Bedfordshire floodwaters to get to the brambles. I like blackberries, but I'm not crazy!

Liv999 · 30/09/2024 20:40

MagentaRavioli · 29/09/2024 17:36

I think the devil spits in some counties and pisses in others. I have a feeling that in Scotland he merely stamps his foot on them. Round here it’s Michalmas that he comes for the blackberries. We went out and found a few but tbh I think there may have been a bit of spitting already.

I'm in Ireland and he pisses, it's not the devil though its the fairies!

Saz12 · 04/10/2024 18:29

@Liv999, surely fairies don't do things like that??!!

stargirl1701 · 04/10/2024 18:31

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MadKittenWoman · 04/10/2024 19:01

According to Charles Dowding, no-dig guru, "On 10th October, the devil spits on blackberries, in other words, there is not sufficient light to sweeten fruits anymore."

SleepyTerrier · 04/10/2024 19:43

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