11) King of Misrule. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...etc. At Oxford and Cambridge one of the Masters of Arts superintended both the Christmas and Candlemas sports, for which he was allowed a fee of 40s. These diversions...
12) Acknowledgements. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1922. Anthology of
Massachusetts Poets
...courteously given to include the poems printed in this volume: 1 The Macmillan Company: Candlemas, Sunrise on Mansfield Mountain from The Roads to Castalay, by Alice...
13) 2277. Robert Herrick. 1591-1674. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar
Quotations, 10th ed.
...does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old. ATTRIBUTION: Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve....
14) Time of Grace. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...to the Annunciation; the roebuck from Easter to Michaelmas: the roe from Michaelmas to Candlemas; the hare from Michaelmas to Midsummer; and the boar from the Nativity...
15) Quarter-days in England and Ireland:-. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Day (October 11th), and Old Christmas Day (January 6th). 2 Quarter-days in Scotland:- 3 Candlemas Day (February 2nd), Whit-Sunday (May 15th), Lammas Day (August 1st),...
16) 138. Regularity of recurrence. Periodicity. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922.
Roget s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...Thursday, Good Friday, Easter; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints Day; All Souls Day; Candlemas, Dewali [Hindu], Holi or Hoolee [Hindu], Memorial or Decoration...
17) purification. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...ancient Hebrew rites are described in the Bible, as in chapter 19 of the Book of Numbers. Candlemas commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary after the birth...
18) VI. The Plays of the University Wits: Bibliography. Vol. 5. The Drama to
1642, Part One. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature:
An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...Endimion, The Man in the Moone. Playd before the Queenes Majestie at Greenewich on Candlemas day at night, by the Chyldren of Paules. 1591. Gallathea. As it was playde...
19) §2. Its early history. XIII. Masque and Pastoral. Vol. 6. The Drama to
1642, Part Two. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature:
An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...4 Edward III died on 2 January, 1377. On the second of February following, being Candlemas day, the Commons of London made great sporte and solemnity in honour of...
20) From "Canute the Great" by Michael Field. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed.
1895. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895
...said the king, And let us hear the Churchmen sing. Still are they singing? It was Candlemas, My queen sat splendid at the prow and listened 25 With heaving breast....
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