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Days near to Easter
Hocktide (also Hock tide or Hoke Day) is the Monday and Tuesday in the second week after Easter. It was an English medieval festival; both the Tuesday
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some, such as Oak Apple Day, Souling, Rushbearing, Bawming the Thorn, and Hocktide, are local to certain regions. New Year's Day is observed on 1 January
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Market town in Berkshire, England
Hungerford is the only place in the country to have continuously celebrated Hocktide or Tutti Day (the second Tuesday after Easter).[citation needed] Today
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Name for Christian holy day of Pentecost
following Christmas, and Easter Week, the week following Easter that ended at Hocktide (Homans 1991). George C. Homans, English Villagers of the Thirteenth Century
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Fifth month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
and Tuesday in the week following the third Sunday of Easter: May 6–7 Hocktide (England) Fourth Sunday after Easter: May 12 Cantate Sunday Good Shepherd
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Days of prayer and fasting in Western Christianity
Procession.[citation needed] In London, Rogation Days, just like Easter or Hocktide, were times when begging was "legitimate" for the period of celebration
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Personification of the May Day holiday
known as the "Summer Queen". George C. Homans points out: "The time from Hocktide, after Easter Week, to Lammas (1 August) was summer (estas)." In 1557,
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Topics referred to by the same term
for German or Alsatian wine Hock Mountain, a summit in Washington state Hocktide or Hock tide, an English holiday consisting of Hock Monday and Hock Tuesday
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Civil and criminal courts
Warwick The Town and Manor of Hungerford and Manor and Liberty of Sanden Fee Hocktide Court and Court Leet The City of London Court of Husting. The Manor of
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imperial pints of such rare old hock" – Charles Dickens) (US: Rhine wine) Hocktide, an ancient holiday hock (zoology) pawn (n. & v.) ("I can borrow a dime
List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L)
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Historical court baron in England, Wales and Ireland
Warwickshire Town and Manor of Hungerford and the Manor and Liberty of Sanden Fee Hocktide Court and Court Leet Manor of Laxton Court Leet Court Leet and Baron of
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Religious events and holidays
and Tuesday in the week following the third Sunday of Easter: May 4–5 Hocktide (England) Fourth Sunday after Easter: May 10 Cantate Sunday Good Shepherd
List of movable Western Christian observances
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British folklorist, author and film-maker
(Education Resource Pack No 2) [EFDSS 1994] ISBN 0-85418-161-X Plough Monday to Hocktide: Education Resource Pack No 3 for the Spring Term on British Traditions
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Municipal building in Hungerford, Berkshire, England
other officers of the town continued to be elected in the town hall each Hocktide (second Tuesday after Easter). Historic England. "Town Hall (1210595)"
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Hateful.
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Blossomed
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Courage
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The best.
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Rising king, Lord of stars
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Old Norse name, probably derived from valr ("battle slain"), hence "of the battle slain." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Óðinn born for the purpose of avenging Baldr's death. He is to be one of the seven to survive Ragnarok.Â
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Name of a king, Destroyer of evil
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The Spring of Blessing
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Rosy-cheeked
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, (young warrior); a knight.
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A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide.