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Calends

Welsh people speak of only three Calends — Calan-mai, or the first of May; Calan-gaeaf, the Calends of Winter, or Allhallows; and Y Calan, or The Calends par excellence, that is to say, the first day

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Welsh people speak of only three Calends — Calan-mai, or the first of May; Calan-gaeaf, the Calends of Winter, or Allhallows; and Y Calan, or The Calends par excellence, that is to say, the first day (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

My Calends gift if you please (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: Welsh people speak of only three Calends — Calan-mai, or the first of May; Calan-gaeaf, the Calends of Winter, or Allhallows; and Y Calan, or The Calends par excellence, that is to say, the first day (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

    "Welsh people speak of only three Calends — Calan-mai, or the first of May; Calan-gaeaf, the Calends of Winter, or Allhallows; and Y Calan, or The Calends par excellence, that is to say, the first day of January, which last is probably not Celtic but Roman."

  • attestation: My Calends gift if you please (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

    "' My Calends gift if you please!'"

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