Days and dates

Name	Gloss	Example
Allhallond Eve, Allhallown	Allhallow’s Eve, Hallowe’en, 31 October	MM II.i.120
Allhallowmas	All Saints’ Day, 1 November	MW I.i.189
Ash Wednesday	first day of Lent	MV II.v.26
Bartholomew	St Bartholomew’s Day, 24 August	2H4 II.iv.226
Bartholomew-tide	St Bartholomew’s Day, 24 August	H5 V.ii.303
Black Monday	day after Easter	MV II.v.24
Christmas	feast of the birth of Christ	LLL I.i.105
Easter	feast of Christ’s resurrection	RJ III.i.27
Hallowmas	All Saints’ Day, 1 November	R2 V.i.80
Holy-rood day	Holy Cross day, 14 September	1H4 I.i.52
Lammas Eve	day before harvest festival, 31 July	RJ I.iii.18
Lammastide	harvest festival, 1 August	RJ I.iii.16
Lent, Lenten	6-week penitential season before Easter	2H4 II.iv.342
Martlemas [Martinmas]	St Martin’s Day, 11 November [associated with plentiful food]	2H4 II.ii.96
Michaelmas	St Michael’s Day, 29 September	MW I.i.190
Philip and Jacob	St Philip and James, 1 May	MM III.ii.193
Shrovetide	three days before Ash Wednesday	2H4 V.iii.35
Wheeson	dialect form of Whitsun	2H4 II.i.87
Whitsun	feast of Pentecost	WT IV.iv.134

Name	Gloss	Example
Ides of March	15 March [half-way point in the month]	JC I.ii.18
Lupercal	15 February [purification feast in honour of Lupercus, god of shepherds]	JC I.i.67