Whit Monday
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I remember lying awake for hours on the morning of Whit Monday, eager to put on the gorgeous dress, which, that year, was deep pink overlaid with white lace.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012
It had been decided by the local authorities this year to keep the Life-boat anniversary on Whit Monday.
From The School by the Sea by Brazil, Angela
It then stood uninjured till 1825, when a thunder-bolt fell and shook it severely on Whit Monday while the Magnificat was being chanted at Vespers.
From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
The instruments were made every year for the Whit Monday hunt which took place in the forest.
From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir
On the 22nd of May, on Whit Monday, 1747, an order must probably have come from Major S---- of which we officers learnt nothing.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
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