Time for making love. After the hard
work of the harvest is done, and to relieve the pent-up tension of not being able to mate because of sweltering
August weather (you know - sleeping on the porch, all the
windows open, etc...). Also copulation at this time traditionally brought pregnancy to term after spring planting but well before the next year's harvest.
When the weather's hot and
sticky there's no time for dunkin' dickie; when the
frost is on the punkin that's the time for dickie dunkin'! - anonymous pithy verse
Tim was over to Laurie's again last night - I guess the frost is on the pumpkin!