In Scotland, Handsel Monday or Hansel Monday is the first Monday of the year. Traditionally, gifts (Scots: Hansels) were given at this time. Among the...

Easter Monday, also Bright Monday or Wet Monday Handsel Monday Lundi Gras Mad Monday Miracle Monday Plough Monday Shrove Monday Wet Monday Whit Monday Look...

the first Monday of the New Year. A roast dinner would be eaten to celebrate the festival. Handsel was a word for gift and hence "Handsel Day". In modern...

Writes (short stories, 2014) "Grave Import" (1996) "Like To Die" (1997) "Handsel Monday" in Past Poisons (1998) "The Man Who Rowed for the Shore" (1998) "Gold...

General Roman Calendar of 1960) First Monday: January 6 Handsel Monday (Scotland and Northern England) Monday after January 6: January 12 Baptism of...

Gàidhealtachd upon St. Andrew's Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Handsel Monday, and Candlemas. The bard's account of the annual New Year's Day match...

by the Gaels upon St. Andrew's Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Handsel Monday, and Candlemas, to the much colder Canadian winter climate by playing...

parts of Scotland." The period of festivities running from Christmas to Handsel Monday, including Hogmanay and Ne'erday, is known as the Daft Days. Christmas...

liturgics) Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year (Scotland) Second day...

played by the Gaels on St. Andrew's Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Handsel Monday, and Candlemas. The Bard's account of the annual match played upon New...