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Allhallows   Listen
noun
Allhallows, Allhallow  n.  
1.
All the saints (in heaven). (Obs.)
2.
All Saints' Day, November 1st. (Archaic)





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"Allhallows" Quotes from Famous Books



... connected with the breeding seasons of the flocks and herds. The chief festivals were: in the spring, May Eve (April 30), called Roodmas or Rood Day in Britain and Walpurgis-Nacht in Germany; in the autumn, November Eve (October 31), called in Britain Allhallow Eve. Between these two came: in the winter, Candlemas (February 2); and in the summer, the Gule of August (August 1), called Lammas in Britain. To these were added the festivals of the solstitial invaders, Beltane ...
— The Witch-cult in Western Europe - A Study in Anthropology • Margaret Alice Murray


Words linked to "Allhallows" :   November 1, November, Nov, holy day of obligation, All Saints' Day


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