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The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3): or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the AlmanacHone, William

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The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3): or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Name: The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3): or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac
Author: Hone, William

Hone, William

Days; Great Britain -- Social life and customs

_Rogation Days_ are the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday following
  Rogation Sunday.

  _Shrove Sunday_, is the Sunday next before Shrove Tuesday. It is also
  called _Quinquagesima Sunday_.

  _Septuagesima Sunday_, so called from its being about the seventieth
  day before Easter, is the third Sunday before Lent.

  _Sexagesima Sunday_, is the second Sunday before Lent, or the next to
  Shrove Sunday, so called as being about the sixtieth day before
  Easter.

  _Trinity Sunday_, or the _Feast_ of the _Holy Trinity_, is the next
  Sunday after Pentecost or Whitsuntide.

  _Whit Sunday._ See Pentecost.

  _Whit Monday_   { are the Monday and
                  { Tuesday  following
  _Whit Tuesday_  { Whit Sunday.

  _Whitsuntide_, is the three days above-mentioned.

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  _The Vigil or Eve_ of a feast, is the day before it occurs. Thus the
  Vigil of the feast of St. John the Baptist is the 23d of June. If the
  feast-day falls upon a Monday, then the Vigil or the Eve is kept upon
  the Saturday preceding.

  _The Morrow_ of a feast, is the day following: thus the feast of All
  Souls, is November 2d, and the Morrow of All Souls is consequently the
  3d of November.

  _The Octave_ or _Utas_ of each feast, is always the eighth day after
  it occurs; for example, the feast of St. Hillary, is the 13th of
  February, hence the Octave of St. Hillary, is the 20th of that month.

  _In the Octaves_, means within the eight days following any particular
  feast.

SEPTUAGESIMA

  Is the _ninth_ Sunday before Easter Sunday.

SEXAGESIMA

Is the _eighth_ Sunday before Easter.

QUINQUAGESIMA

Is the _seventh_ Sunday before Easter.

QUADRAGESIMA

  Is the _sixth_ Sunday before Easter, and the first Sunday in Lent,
  which commences on Ash Wednesday.

“The earliest term of Septuagesima Sunday is the 18th of January, when
Easter day falls on the 22d of March; the latest is the 22d of February,
when Easter happens on the 25th of April.”

  _Butler._

Shepherd in his “Elucidation of the Book of Common Prayer”
satisfactorily explains the origin of these days:

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