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...
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Easter Monday, also Bright Monday or Wet Monday First Monday Handsel Monday Lundi Gras Mad Monday Miracle Monday Plough Monday Shrove Monday Wet Monday Whit...
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Hogmanay (section Handsel Day)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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General Roman Calendar of 1960) First Monday: January 6 Handsel Monday (Scotland and Northern England) Monday after January 6: January 12 Baptism of...
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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...
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