August 24th is the traditional holiday for printers, editors, reporters, engravers and others working at a newspaper or printing company.
The Wayzgoose printers holiday was August 24
The centuries-old holiday has largely been forgotten in the late 20th century, but it was still very much alive a generation or two ago among printing unions in the UK.
The holiday has its origins in the feast day for St. Bartholomew, the patron saint of scribes and, later, of printers and writers.
The odd name for the holiday, Wayzgoose, refers to the centerpiece of this holiday meal: a goose that had been fattened on stubble (or wayz) from a harvested field of grain.
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