Hallowmas
[hal-oh-muh s, -mas]
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noun
the feast of Allhallows or All Saints' Day, on November 1.
Origin of Hallowmas
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The last handful of corn cut down in harvest-field, when it is not shorn before Hallowmas, S. B.
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish LanguageJohn Jamieson
Now wasna that a bonnie and fearful sight to see beneath the light of the Hallowmas moon?
Folk-Lore and LegendsAnonymous
If the reaping finishes after Hallowmas the last corn cut is called the Cailleach (old woman).
Hallowmas
Hallowmass
noun
Word Origin for Hallowmas
C14: see Allhallows, Mass
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