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I'll put you on the right track Yorkie. the weakest link of my clues is Crediton in Devon - because it's so small. Was anyone famous born or lived there (question mark) and how could this one person possibly lead to a Corsican connection. How would you get from Sheffield to Brussels by train - and this leads to another of the five. then we have the woman considered so important that a capital city is named after her. What do they all have in common which groups them together.
 
yorkshirehornet said:
The ice saints whose holy days in may often brought the last frosts and damaged plants?!

http://ciderfrompoland.com/index.ph...deners-and-cold-sophia-are-coming-be-prepare/
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You got there Yorkie <applause>
Saint Mamertus - May 11th (from Lyon)
Saint Pancras - May 12th (also known as the gateway to Sheffield - or Brussels in the other direction)
Saint Servatius - May 13th (from Armenia but died in Maastricht)
Saint Boniface of Tarsus - May 14th (this is a different saint from the Crediton one)
Saint Sophia of Rome - May 15th (the Bulgarians named their city after her)

Collectively known as the ice saints whose saints days often correspond to a sudden unseasonal drop in temperatures in mid May. Which, at least in central Europe can often produce the last night frosts before spring and summer really kick in. This is more observable and better known in Germany than in England, though in the latter it's sometimes called the Blackthorn winter because it so often happens around the time the first blackthorn berries appear. Though it rarely leads to frosts in England this often happens here as I have found to my cost. The cold Sophie is often the worst. Thankfully the tomato plants are now in and the beans are sprouting <cheers> The ice saints or Eisheiligen are not always punctual - or the same strength every year. Over to you.
 
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colognehornet said:
You got there Yorkie <applause>
Saint Mamertus - May 11th (from Lyon)
Saint Pancras - May 12th (also known as the gateway to Sheffield - or Brussels in the other direction)
Saint Servatius - May 13th (from Armenia but died in Maastricht)
Saint Boniface of Tarsus - May 14th (this is a different saint from the Crediton one)
Saint Sophia of Rome - May 15th (the Bulgarians named their city after her)

Collectively known as the ice saints whose saints days often correspond to a sudden unseasonal drop in temperatures in mid May. Which, at least in central Europe can often produce the last night frosts before spring and summer really kick in. This is more observable and better known in Germany than in England, though in the latter it's sometimes called the Blackthorn winter because it so often happens around the time the first blackthorn berries appear. Though it rarely leads to frosts in England this often happens here as I have found to my cost. The cold Sophie is often the worst. Thankfully the tomato plants are now in and the beans are sprouting <cheers> The ice saints or Eisheiligen are not always punctual - or the same strength every year. Over to you.
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Mrs Fez loved the question. She thought it was saints, but didn't know the answer as she didn't know about the ice saints. :emoticon-0137-clapp
 
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