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Postednon August 24, 2014
Postednon August 24, 2014n
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nLikenso many long-standing holidays, Wayzgoose Day marked the changing ofnseasons—in this case, the end of the summer and the beginning ofnthe season when people worked by candlelight. n
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| This picture is supposed to show a nwayzgoose feast. |
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nOnnWayzgoose Day, master printers used to provide an entertainment tontheir workers each day on (or around) August 24. n
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nNownthe term refers to an annual outing and / or dinner for the staff ofna printing house or of a newspaper.
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nTherenare several theories for how a day of merry-making and feasting camento be called wayzgoose.nIt may have been a reference to eating goose, of course, or it maynhave been a word that evolved from a Dutch term for “inn” or,nfiguratively, “banquet.” n
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nWhynAugust 24? Aside from the fact that late August is a great time tonmark the end of summer, in the northern hemisphere, today is St.nBartholomew’s feast day, and St. Bart is the patron saint ofnbookbinders (as well as others). Also, today is the historicalnanniversary of THE most important even in printing history: n
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nOnnthis date in 1456, the printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.nIt’s possible that this momentous event was celebrated with the verynfirst wayzgoose party!
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Nowadaysnsome wayzgoose parties are held on other dates, even in differentnmonths and seasons. In Canada one town holds an annual wayzgoosenfestival every April; the festival focuses on handmade paper,nhandmade books, and small presses. The Letterpress Guild of NewnEngland meets in September for wayzgoose, and the Hamilton Wood Typenand Printing Museum in Wisconsin holds a wayzgoose in November. Thenwayzgoose in Tacoma, Washington, includes a Steamroller Smackdownncompetition that gets the community involved in the art ofnprintmaking, and the University of California, Irvine’s wayzgoose isna medieval fair.
Nowadaysnsome wayzgoose parties are held on other dates, even in differentnmonths and seasons. In Canada one town holds an annual wayzgoosenfestival every April; the festival focuses on handmade paper,nhandmade books, and small presses. The Letterpress Guild of NewnEngland meets in September for wayzgoose, and the Hamilton Wood Typenand Printing Museum in Wisconsin holds a wayzgoose in November. Thenwayzgoose in Tacoma, Washington, includes a Steamroller Smackdownncompetition that gets the community involved in the art ofnprintmaking, and the University of California, Irvine’s wayzgoose isna medieval fair.n
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nCelebratenprinting and paper making!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nActress Marlee Matlin’s birthday
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nPlutonDemoted Day
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nIndependencenDay in the Ukraine
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nAnniversarynof the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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