Welcome to Lore Legends, a subset of lore episodes that explore the strange tales we whisper in the dark,

even if they can't always be proven by the history books.

So if you're ready, let's begin.

On the day that Satan rose up against God, he was thrown into a bush.

Many people have heard how when the devil lost his battle against the archangel Michael.

He was cast out of heaven.

But there's an alternate ending that many are less familiar with.

You see, according to British folklore, after he was thrown out, he landed but- first in a thorny blackberry bush.

In a rage, the devil cursed the bush's fruit.

Some stories say that he then stomped on all the blackberries with his cloven hooves.

Others say that he spit on them, or breathed fire at them, or even urinated on them.

The point, though, is clear.

The blackberries were completely ruined.

Well, many years after Satan was

dethroned, the church started celebrating the holy feast of Michael

Michael Mess in honor of archangel Michael. Now originally Michael Miss or

old Michael Miss as it's now called was celebrated on the 10th or the 11th of October,

depending on what part of England you lived in.

But after Europe shifted from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian, the feast day was moved to

September 29th. It is a religious holiday, but religion and folklore have a long

history of working in tandem, which is why it was determined that eating the

devil's cursed blackberries on or after Michaelmas was terrible luck. Some people

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