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Brewer's: Decoration Day
May 30th; set apart in the United States for decorating the graves of those who fell in the “War of the Union” (1861-5). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Dog-days
Days of great heat. The Romans called the six or eight hottest weeks of the summer caniculares dies. According to their theory, the dog-star or Sirius, rising with the sun, added to its…Brewer's: Dyzemas Day
Tithe day. (Portuguese, dizimas, tithes; Law Latin, decimæ.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dyvour A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Lady Day
The 25th of March, to commemorate the Annunciation of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary There is a tradition that Adam was created on this day. Of course, this rests on Jesus being “the Second…Brewer's: Lammas Day
(August 1st) means the loaf-mass day. The day of first-fruit offerings, when a loaf was given to the priests in lieu of the first-fruits. (Saxon, hlam-mæsse, for hlaf-mæsse dag.) August I…Brewer's: Field-day
Day of business. Thus, a clergyman jocosely calls a “kept festival” his field-day. A military term, meaning a day when a regiment is taken to the fields for practice. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: High Days
= festivals. On high days and holidays. Here “high” = grand or great; as, “un grand jour”. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894High FalutinHigh Church A B C…Brewer's: Grace Days
or Days of Grace. The three days over and above the time stated in a commercial bill. Thus, if a bill is drawn on the 20th June, and is payable in one month, it ought to be due on the 20th…Brewer's: Halcyon Days
A time of happiness and prosperity. Halcyon is the Greek for a kingfisher, compounded of hals (the sea) and kuo (to brood on). The ancient Sicilians believed that the kingfisher laid its…Brewer's: Hundred Days
The days between March 20, 1815, when Napoleon reached the Tuileries, after his escape from Elba, and June 28, the date of the second resioration of Louis XVIII. These hundred days were…Trending
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