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The Feast Day of St Wite. Durham: 20 March: Traditional The Feast Day of St Cuthbert. [3] Hampshire: 15 July: 2019 The Feast Day of St Swithun. Designated by Hampshire County Council [4] Huntingdonshire: 25 April: 2002 Huntingdonshire Society [5] Kent: 26 May: Traditional The feast day of Augustine of Canterbury, first Archbishop of Canterbury ...
New Year's Day did not become a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland until 1 January 1974. Boxing Day did not become a bank holiday in Scotland until 1974. [9] Starting in 1965, experimentally, the August Bank Holiday weekend was observed at the end of August "to give a lead in extending British holidays over a longer summer ...
Saint George's Day, also known as the Feast of Saint George, is the feast day of Saint George as celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of the saint's death in the Diocletianic Persecution of AD 303. St George's Day was a major feast and national holiday in England on a par with Christmas from the early 15th century. [30]
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
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Boxing Day, which is a public holiday in the UK, falls the day after Christmas and has a rich cultural history in Great Britain. Originating in the mid-1600s, the day was traditionally a day off ...
National Tea Day: Tea Houses across the UK participate by offering discounts and special promotions on afternoon and cream tea [citation needed] June 3 National Fish and Chips Day [43] June 15 National Beer Day [citation needed] August 27 National Burger Day Restaurants across the UK participate in the day by offering discounts on burgers. [44 ...
Shabbat (The 7th Day Sabbath – The day of rest and holiest day of the week, Saturday) Shavuot (Feast of Weeks – Wheat harvesting in Israel and the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai ) Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles; Also called the Feast of Ingathering – Dwelling within sukkahs for 7 days (in Israel) or 8 days (the diaspora); Considered ...