- In Scotland,
Handsel Monday or
Hansel Monday is the
first Monday of the year. Traditionally,
gifts (Scots: Hansels) were
given at this time.
Among the...
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Easter Monday, also
Bright Monday or Wet
Monday Handsel Monday Lundi Gras Mad
Monday Miracle Monday Plough Monday Shrove Monday Wet
Monday Whit
Monday Look...
- the
first Monday of the New Year. A
roast dinner would be
eaten to
celebrate the festival.
Handsel was a word for gift and
hence "
Handsel Day". In modern...
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Writes (short stories, 2014) "Grave Import" (1996) "Like To Die" (1997) "
Handsel Monday" in Past
Poisons (1998) "The Man Who
Rowed for the S****" (1998) "Gold...
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parts of Scotland." The
period of
festivities running from
Christmas to
Handsel Monday,
including Hogmanay and Ne'erday, is
known as the Daft Days. Christmas...
- Gàidhealtachd upon St. Andrew's Day,
Christmas Day, New Year's Day,
Handsel Monday, and Candlemas. The bard's
account of the
annual New Year's Day match...
- by the
Gaels upon St. Andrew's Day,
Christmas Day, New Year's Day,
Handsel Monday, and Candlemas, to the much
colder Canadian winter climate by playing...
- liturgics)
Earliest day on
which Handsel Monday can fall,
while January 7 is the latest;
celebrated on the
first Monday of the year (Scotland)
Second day...
-
General Roman Calendar of 1960)
First Monday:
January 6
Handsel Monday (Scotland and
Northern England)
Monday after January 6:
January 12
Baptism of...
- "was
lately purchased of
Captain Covells"
Small howitzer s**** left on
Handsel Monday wounds Margaret Callender's
hands and eyes, for
which she asks customers'...
