Lammas Day
Preserved but no longer current.
August 1st; one of tfae regular quarte-r days in Scotland, and in England the day on, which, in Anglo-Saxon times, the first-fruits were offered. So called from A.S. hlaf masse, the loaf-mass. See also LLEW LLAW GYEFES.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Lammas Day” mean?
August 1st; one of tfae regular quarte-r days in Scotland, and in England the day on, which, in Anglo-Saxon times, the first-fruits were offered. So called from A.S. hlaf masse, the loaf-mass. See also LLEW LLAW GYEFES.
Is “Lammas Day” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.