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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92336" /> == | |||
<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> | <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> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_92336"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/beltane Beltane from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_69005"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/beltane Beltane from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_69005"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/beltane Beltane from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:55, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The first day of May (Old Style).
(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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Or
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.
