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Definition of Lammas
1. Noun. Commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England.
Definition of Lammas
1. n. The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.
Definition of Lammas
1. Noun. (''England'') former festival held on 1st August celebrating the harvest. ¹
2. Noun. (Scotland) 1st August, a quarter day ¹
3. Noun. (context: paganism) A modern pagan festival celebrated in early August celebrating the start of the grain harvest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lammas
Literary usage of Lammas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"Lammas Day is properly the ist of August. The Act of George II. which established
the new style in England excepted the days for the commencement of Lammas ..."
2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Lammas lands. The word " mark " in England. The mark as the township. ...
grass they are known as "lot meadows," or Lammas land,— Lammas-day being the time ..."
3. The Modern Husbandman, Or, The Practice of Farming by William Ellis (1744)
"The red Pirks are beft, the Yellow are rather thicker-fkin- ned, and hardly to
be known from yellow Lammas, as the red Sort is from red Lammas, ..."
4. The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Tottenham, in the County of by William Robinson (1840)
"(200) Lammas-day is the first day of August, so called quasi lamb-mass ...
In 1578 was that famous lammas day which buried the reputation of Don John of ..."
5. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"This is confirmed by Blount, who tells us that Lammas Day, the 1st of August,
otherwise called the Gule, or Yule of August, may be a corruption of the ..."
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