Rising-of-the-moon Definition
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(Ireland, poetic) A rebellion.
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rising-of-the-moon
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risings of the moonOrigin of Rising-of-the-moon
From the ballad "The Rising of the Moon" (c1865), recounting a battle between the United Irishmen and the British Army during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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