A corruption of In-our-days, I' nour days. (See Apron, Nag, Nickname, Nugget, etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Now-nowNovum Organum A B C D E F G…
(g hard). A festive day; a day when people put on their best attire. (Spanish, gala, court dress; Italian, gala, finery; French, gala, pomp.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
Two days in spring and autumn, and one at Christmas, during vacation, in which pleadings may be filed. This custom was established in 1690, for the purpose of expediting business. Each…
Day-break. “`At break of day I will come to thee again.” Wordsworth: Pet Lamb, stanza 15. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Break the IceBreak In A B C D…
The last Monday in April, the second Monday of August, and the third Monday of December. So called because Egyptian astrologers marked them out. Three days there are in the year which we…
Days of great heat. The Romans called the six or eight hottest weeks of the summer caniculares dies. According to their theory, the dog-star or Sirius, rising with the sun, added to its…
(August 1st) means the loaf-mass day. The day of first-fruit offerings, when a loaf was given to the priests in lieu of the first-fruits. (Saxon, hlam-mæsse, for hlaf-mæsse dag.) August I…
or Holy Thursday. The day set apart by the Catholic and Anglican Church to commemorate the ascent of our Lord from earth to heaven. Formerly it was customary to beat the bounds of each…
The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Ascension Day. Rogation is the Latin equivalent of the Greek word “Litany,” and on the three Rogation days “the Litany of the Saints” is appointed…
Days of dulness, when everything is venal. Then rose the seed of Chaos and of Night To blot oat order and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days…
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