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Brewer's: Ember Days
are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of Ember Weeks (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ember WeeksEmbarras de Richesse A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Egyptian Days
The last Monday in April, the second Monday of August, and the third Monday of December. So called because Egyptian astrologers marked them out. Three days there are in the year which we…Brewer's: Michaelmas Day
September 29th, one of the quarter-days when rents are paid, and the day when magistrates are elected. Michael the archangel is represented in the Bible as the general of the celestial…Brewer's: Order of the Day
(The), in parliamentary parlance, is applied to the prearranged agenda of “Private Members' Bills.” On Tuesdays these bills always stand after “notices of motions.” (See Previous Question…Brewer's: Other Day
(The). The day before yesterday. The Old English other was used for second, as in Latin, unus, alter, tertius; or proximus alter, tertius. Starting from to-day, and going backwards,…Brewer's: Palmy Days
Prosperous or happy days, as those were to a victorious gladiator when he went to receive the palm branch as the reward of his prowess. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: May-day
Polydore Virgil says that the Roman youths used to go into the fields and spend the calends of May in dancing and singing in honour of Flora, goddess of fruits and flowers. The early…Brewer's: Medicinal Days
The sixth, eighth, tenth, twelfth, sixteenth, eighteenth, etc., of a disease; so called because, according to Hippocrates, no “crisis” occurs on these days, and medicine may be safely…Brewer's: Lose the Day
(To). To lose the battle; to be defeated. To win (or gain) the day is to be victorious; to win the battle, the prize, or any competition. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Mumping Day
St. Thomas's Day, December 21. A day on which the poor used to go about begging, or, as it was called, “going a-gooding,” that is, getting gifts to procure good things for Christmas (mump…Trending
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