“This is the month of the migration of birds, of the finished harvest, of nut-gatherings, of cyder making, and towards the conclusion, of the change of color in trees . . . its noblest nature is a certain festive abundance for the supply of all creation.” - Leigh Hunt

Septembre de noix, hiver froid.   
Nuts in September, cold winter.

According to numerology, September is a month of completion, a good time for wrapping up the issues of this particular year. October begins a new cycle.

Names of the Month in Various Cultures
Gaelic: An Sultuine, the month of plenty
Anglo-Saxon: Halegmonath, the holy month or Gerst-monath, barley month
Welsh: Medi, the month of reaping

Kightly, Charles, The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore, Thames & Hudson 1987

Names of the Month to the Northern Tribes
Autumn month (Koryat)
Fish month (Yukahir)
Ducks-and-geese-go-away month (Ugric Ostiaks)
The mild, easy month or the month people go hunting (Tatars)
Hammer month (when the cedar is tapped with a hammer to bring down the ripe cones with nuts) (Kargasses)
Bulb month (Buriats)
Deer month (when deer pair)
Orion rises (Konyag)

Nilsson, Martin P, Primitive Time-Reckoning, Oxford University Press 1920

Names of the Month of the European Peoples
Vintage month (Greek)
Bare month, or first autumn (Albania)
Fern or ear month (Basque)
Sowing month, gathering month (Bulgarian)
Time when the goats rut or gadfly month (Slovak)
Gloomy month, month of dirt (Russia)
Old Women's Summer (Polish)
Second August, Cutting of Oats, Spelt Month, Barley month, Boar month, Bean harvest (German)
Fish month (Denmark)
Harvest month (Sweden)

Nilsson, Martin P, Primitive Time-Reckoning, Oxford University Press 1920

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