| 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 |
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