St. John's Eve
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the cooling night air, I pedaled to Bayou St. John, where voodoo priestess Sallie Ann Glassman was leading a St. John’s Eve head-washing ceremony.
From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018
St. John’s Eve, or Midsummer’s Eve—the shortest night of the year—is still celebrated with bonfires in late June in Western Europe, especially Scandinavia.
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2012
Goethe was initiated into Freemasonry on St. John's Eve, 1780.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Webster, Nesta H.
It was St. John's Eve; Government House was a scene of splendour; truly every precinct was a blaze of dazzling light.
From Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton by Armour, Rebecca Agatha
Both May Eve and St. John's Eve are times of freedom and unrestraint.
From The Book of Hallowe'en by Kelley, Ruth Edna
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