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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.) 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> | <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" /> == | ||
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.
