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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: Phil Feller <[log in to unmask]> > In addition to these, and the already reported Georgemas, the OED reports Crouchmas (feast of the invention of the Cross), Ellenmas, Hallowmas, Lukesmas, and Petermas. i'm curious to know, Phil, how you found these. my search of the on-line OED for *mas only yielded: 1 adamas 2 a merry Christmas found in give, v. 3 at latter Lammas found in Lammas, n. 4 baby-doll pyjamas found in baby, n. 5 beach-pyjamas found in beach, n. 6 camas, camash, cammas 7 Candlemas 8 Childermas 9 Christenmas 10 Christmas, n. of which my favorite has to be "baby-doll-pyjams" certainly "beach-pyjmas" may have been celebrated --probably secretly-- in costal areas (presumably in conjuction with suchlike rites as "beach-blanket bingo"), but i know of no firm evidence that any P.J. Mass was ever actually said during the M.A. (of course, i'm only familiar with the 12th c. French sources and i suppose it may have been a common enough practice in the Fringe Areas, like Britain, Nederland, etc.) c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html