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Even more wonderful than I thought. Thank you very much.
BF
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From: "Terrill Heaps" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 1. August LAMMAS DAY
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Charles Giguere /Bernadette Filotas wrote:
>
>> Sounds wonderful, but what is it? Could you please provide a translation
>> for those of us who are linguistically handicapped?
>
> It is an entry from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. It demonstrates how Lammas
> Day was a day of reference, from which to date things, as Lammas Day is
> one of the Cross-Quarter Days (that is, approximately halfway between
> Solstice and Equinox). The English Cross-Quarter Days: Candlemas (Feb.2),
> May Day (May 1), Lammas Day (August 1), and All Hallows Day (November 1).
> By the way, the Quarter Days were: Lady Day (March 25), Midsummer Day
> (June 24), Michaelmas (September 29), and Christmas (December 25).
>
> Owing to a glitch in character coding, the Old English letters Thorn and
> Eth did not come through, in my original posting.
>
>> Could you please provide a translation for those of us who are
>> linguistically handicapped?
>>
> An updating of the Old English into Modern English is below
>
> This year, before Easter, King Edward ordered his men
> to go to the town of Towcester, and to rebuild it. Then again,
> after that, in the same year, during the gang-days,* he ordered
> the town of Wigmore to be repaired. The same summer, betwixt
> __Lammas__ and midsummer, the army broke their parole from
> Northampton and from Leicester; and went thence northward to
> Towcester, and fought against the town all day, and thought that
> they should break into it; but the people that were therein
> defended it, till more aid came to them; and the enemy then
> abandoned the town, and went away.
> *Gang-Days: From Old English "Gangan," to walk or stride. This is
> Rogationtide.
>
> Terrill
>
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