Thursday, April 22
St. George and the Vampire
In terms of Great Ominous Warnings in literature, Dracula can't be beat. While Bram Stoker mysteriously places St. George's Eve on May 4 rather than today, April 22, he nonetheless gives us a doozie flat up in Chapter 1 tied to that very holiday. Apparently, local Transylvanian superstition makes it an über-Walpurgisnacht of sorts:
"It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?" [The inkeeper's wife] was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect. Finally, she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting.
Ay. Happy St. George's Day! Enjoy that long, dark walk home. Muahahahaha!
In terms of Great Ominous Warnings in literature, Dracula can't be beat. While Bram Stoker mysteriously places St. George's Eve on May 4 rather than today, April 22, he nonetheless gives us a doozie flat up in Chapter 1 tied to that very holiday. Apparently, local Transylvanian superstition makes it an über-Walpurgisnacht of sorts:
"It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?" [The inkeeper's wife] was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect. Finally, she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting.
Ay. Happy St. George's Day! Enjoy that long, dark walk home. Muahahahaha!
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