MK>Here is No 4 - from a matchbox; it *must* be historical:
  >The superstitous belief regarded the flying spider threads for a web
  >created of elfs, dwarfs, mythological female spinners.
  >This web causes the fairweather period end of September. Female entities
  >(right word?), hidden and immortal, donate us these beautiful days. Their
  >mystical names shouldn't be mentioned or they would not spin again.
  >To honor them this period was called 'Altweibersommer'.
Grin!  Hey, I really do love this one.  All sorts of story and poem
possibilities here, including what happens when someone accidentally
*does* speak their name.
                      Sondra
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