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Lammas Definition

Lam·mas (lam′əs)

noun

  1. a harvest festival formerly held in England on Aug. 1, when bread baked from the first crop of wheat was consecrated at Mass
  2. this day (Lammas Day) or this time (Lammastide) of the year

Etymology: ME lammasse < OE hlammæsse, for hlafmæsse, lit., loaf mass, bread feast: see loaf & Mass

Lammas Quotes

It fell about the Lammas tide, When the muir-men win their hay, The doughty Douglas bound him to ride Into England, to drive a prey.

—Ballads

It was upon a Lammas night, When corn rigs are bonie, Beneath the moon's unclouded light, I held awa to Annie.

—Burns, Robert

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