Whit Monday

He remembered well the morning of Whit-Monday, when he had taken Francis to the circus.

Every Whit-Monday the club used to march round with band and banner, and paraded on the lawn in front of the house.

This is in preparation for the greatest holiday in the year, Whit-Monday, when all give themselves up to outdoor pleasure.

A grand demonstration, with a procession of the members, is resolved upon: it is to come off upon Whit-Monday.

Most of Whitefield's biographers say Whit-Monday; but this is a mistake.