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                                The Turning of the World:
                          Advent through Plough Monday

                                God spede the plough

               -an English blessing for a good agricultural year,
                numerous sources

In springtime Nature kisses the world with light
And summer follows with work and merriment
In autumn she kisses the world good night
And winter follows with frost and lament

But first we celebrate the great world’s turning
With Advent and the holy Christmas time
With liturgies followed by the Yule log burning
Through feasting and cheer, and each well-sung rhyme

Six midwinter weeks ‘til the Three Kings appear
And then Plough Monday to begin the new year