Lammas Day
Proper noun: * A Christian feast day: Lammas Day is a traditional Christian festival observed on August 1st. It historically marked the beginning of the harvest season, specifically the wheat harvest, and involved the blessing of loaves of bread made from the first new grain.
Lammas Day is used as a fixed term to refer to the specific date and its associated observances. * The church service on Lammas Day included the blessing of the first loaves. * In medieval England, Lammas Day was an important date for settling rents and contracts. * We celebrate Lammas Day as a traditional harvest festival.
- Quarter Day: In some legal and financial contexts, particularly historically in Scotland and England, Lammas Day (August 1st) was one of the four quarter days of the year. These were days when rents were due, servants were hired, and contracts began or ended.
- The tenant's lease was set to renew on Lammas Day.
- Lammas (n.): A shortened, more common form of "Lammas Day," used interchangeably to refer to the festival.
- The Lammas fair is a popular local event.
- Harvest festival (n.): A general term for a celebration of the harvest, of which Lammas is an example.
- Quarter day (n.): A day marking a quarter of the year, used for financial and administrative purposes.
- Loaf Mass Day: An older name for Lammas, derived from the Old English 'hlāfmæsse' (loaf mass), directly referencing the blessing of bread.
- Feast of First Fruits: A descriptive term highlighting its agricultural origin.
The primary meaning of "Lammas Day" is the harvest festival on August 1st. The reference to "Saint Peter's deliverance from prison" is an alternative, less common historical association linked to the same date (the Feast of St. Peter in Chains), which sometimes became conflated with the harvest festival in tradition. The core and most widespread meaning remains the harvest celebration.
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commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
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