Good Friday

We reach today, that most solomn day in the christian calender, when those of that faith mark the passion and death of christ. I suppose for most today, even those nominally christian, it is the first day of the easter break and time to head off for the coast, countryside or for those determined to defy the credit crunch, the airports in order to head for sunnier climes.

It was also, in the old days, the day when the gardeners 'planted their teddies'. Planting your potatoes before good friday wasa regarded as being a sure sign that your crops would be doomed to failure. I could never quite ubderstand the logic of this belief as good friday can vary over about a month from year to year and the 'teddies' were supposed to be ready for lifting in the first week in july, whenever good friday had occurred. it would be interesting to know if anyone still keeps up the old tradition.