Winnold e.An. [wi'nl.] 1. The day of St. Winwaloe, March 3rd.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(obsolete, US) March 21st.
(Ireland, Isle of Man, Newfoundland, Wales) A custom on December 26 where people, especially boys, hunt a wren (originally a live bird, and now a fake one) and parade it upon a decorated pole for prosperity in the coming year.
(Ireland, Scotland) The last three days of March, supposed in Scottish and Irish folklore to have been borrowed by March from April, and to be especially stormy.
(Scotland) April Fools' Day.
To wind, to reel.