On St. Mark’s Eve all persons fated to be married or to die pass, in procession, the church porch.
“‘Tis now,ʹ replied the village belle,
‘St. Mark’s mysterious eve… .
The ghosts of all whom Death shall doom
Within the coming year
In pale procession walk the gloom… .ʹ
J. Montgomery.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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