- Lughnasadh. The name '
Lammas'
comes from Old
English hlafmæsse
meaning "loaf m****".
Several antiquarians suggested that the name '
Lammas' came from 'lamb m****'...
- Plays. Hinds,
Hayden & Eldredge. p. 177.
Lammas or
Lammas Day (August 1st)
means the loaf-m****
day. The
day of
first fruit offerings, when a loaf was...
- English-speaking
world of high
latitude countries,
autumn traditionally began with
Lammas Day and
ended around Hallowe'en, the
approximate mid-points
between midsummer...
-
Lammas growth, also
called Lammas leaves,
Lammas flush,
second shoots, or
summer shoots, is a
season of
renewed growth in some
trees in
temperate regions...
- Mother's
Day is an
annual holiday celebrated in the
United States on the
second Sunday in May. Mother's
Day recognizes mothers,
motherhood and maternal...
-
meadow at
North Meadow, Cricklade.
Lammas rights entitled commoners to
pasture following the harvest,
between Lammas day, 12
August (N.S.), to 6 April, even...
- were
dropped and
burst to
create a
drink called 'lambswool'
drunk on
Lammas day,
still known in Shakespeare's time. Later, the
drink evolved to become...
-
reintroduced Lammas Day,
which had
originally commemorated the
liberation of
Saint Peter but in
England was an
agricultural festival. The
feast day of Saint...
-
square is a
small park that was
originally available for
common use on
Lammas Day (12 August), such as
washing clothes and
herding cattle. The Earl of Leicester...
- of John the Baptist) and
another Quarter Day. 1 August: Lammastide, or
Lammas Day. Traditionally, the
first day of August, in
which it was
customary to...
