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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92336" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92336" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) The first day of May (Old Style). </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The first day of May (Old Style). </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A festival of the heathen [[Celts]] on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of [[Scotland]] and Ireland. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69005" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69005" /> == | ||
<p> Or | <p> Or </p> <p> n ancient Celtic festival connected with the sun-worship, observed about the 1st of May and the 1st of November, during which fires were kindled on the tops of hills, and various ceremonies gone through. </p> | ||
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