Hallowmas

[ hal-oh-muhs, -mas ]

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noun

Hallowmas

/ ˈhæləʊˌmæs /

1375–1425; late Middle English; short for Allhallowmas

C14: see Allhallows , Mass

Now wasna that a bonnie and fearful sight to see beneath the light of the Hallowmas moon?

Ban and Bors promised to come over at All-hallowmas with three hundred knights.

If the reaping finishes after Hallowmas the last corn cut is called the Cailleach (old woman).

The last handful of corn cut down in harvest-field, when it is not shorn before Hallowmas, S. B.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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