A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
To make Capons [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e.,…
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(UK) church festival celebrating the harvest, held at the end of September or the beginning of October.
(UK, dialect, archaic, Christianity) The feast of John the Baptist, celebrated on 24 June.
The feast of , celebrated on 24 June.
(England) A former festival held on 1st August celebrating the harvest.
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(paganism) A modern pagan festival celebrated in early August celebrating the start of the grain harvest.