Lammas
31Lammas — see LOAF …
32lammas — sb. == Lady mass. RG. 557 …
33Lammas — n. former harvest festival celebrated in England on August 1; religious holiday celebrated on August 1 to commemorate St. Peter s imprisonment and release (Catholicism) …
34Lammas — 1 August, a Scottish Quarter Day when rents and contracts fell due …
35lammas — lam·mas …
36Lammas — Lam•mas [[t]ˈlæm əs[/t]] n. a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed • Etymology: bef. 900; ME Lammesse, OE hlāmmæsse, hlāfmæsse. See loaf I, mass II …
37Lammas — see LOAF …
38Lammas drave — the summer herring fishery on the Fife coast of Scotland, peaking in August …
39Lammas Day — ➡ quarter days * * * …
40LAMMAS DAY — the first of August, literally the loaf mass day or festival day at the beginning of harvest, one of the cross quarter days, Whitsuntide, Martinmas, and Candlemas being the other three …