[289] See the supper scene in “Don Giovanni,”—also the Irishman’s joke of eating the oysters and taking his master the shells. Speaking of “Oysters”—the song sung by Grimaldi senior,—“An oyster crossed in love,”—has been very popular.
August 6.
Transfiguration.
For this denomination of the day see vol. i. col. 1071.
It is alleged that this festival was observed at Rome in the fifth century, though not universally solemnized until in 1457 pope Calixtus III. ordained its celebration to commemorate the raising of the siege of Belgrade by Mahomet II.[290]
NATURALISTS’ CALENDAR.
Mean Temperature 63·37.