Lammas Day (Noun)
Meaning
Commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- Lammas Day is a significant event in the Christian calendar, commemorating Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison.
- In Scotland, Lammas Day is one of the four traditional quarter days, marking the beginning of autumn.
- The villagers celebrated Lammas Day with a grand harvest festival, complete with music, dancing, and feasting.
- According to tradition, Lammas Day is the day when the first wheat of the harvest is baked into bread and eaten.
- On Lammas Day, the community comes together to give thanks for the fruits of the earth and to celebrate the bounty of the harvest season.