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St. Lundi (La)

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St. Monday. Monday spent by workmen in idleness. One of the rules enjoined by the Sheffield unionists was that no work should be permitted to be done on a Monday by any of their members.

 

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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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St. Cuthbert’s Duck
St. Distaff
St. Elmo
St. Francis
St. George’s Cross
St. John Long
St. John’s Eve, St. Mark’s Eve, and Allhallow Even
St. Johnstone’s Tippet
St. Leger Sweepstakes
St. Leon
St. Lundi (La)
St. Michael’s Chair
St. Monday
St. Simonism
St. Stephen’s
St. Stephen’s Loaves
St. Thomas’s Castle
St. Wilfrid’s Needle
Saints
Saivas
Saker