Hocktide

British  

/ ˈhɒkˌtaɪd /

noun

1. history a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter

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Etymology

Origin of Hocktide

C15: from hock-, hoke- (of unknown origin) + _tide ¹

Example Sentences

Not much, however, is in this case lost, for Hungerford contains little of interest, and were it not for its singular Hocktide customs, and for the fact that it was the first town to obtain the free delivery of letters between its post-office and the houses to which letters were addressed, would scarce demand an extended notice.

From Project Gutenberg

We have compounds of day in Halliday or Holiday, Hay-day, for high day, Loveday, a day appointed for reconciliations, and Hockaday, for a child born during Hocktide, which begins on the 15th day after Easter.

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The Church authorised many holidays in the course of the year; and what with May Day festivities, Plough Mondays, Hocktide and Shrovetide sports, harvest suppers, fairs, and “ales,” the villagers had plenty of amusement, and their lives certainly could not be described as dull.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came the diversions of Hocktide, on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter, when the men and women intercepted the public on alternate days with ropes, and boldly exacted money for pious purposes.

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There was a Hocktide play, which was acted before Queen Elizabeth, and caused her much amusement.

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