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The Oxford Companion to the Year: An Exploration of Calendar Customs and Time-Reckoning by Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Bonnie Blackburn

The Oxford Companion to the Year: An Exploration of Calendar Customs and Time-Reckoning

Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Bonnie Blackburn

976 pages first pub 1999 (view editions)

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What are the halcyon days? On what date do the dog days begin? What is Hansel Monday? How do Chinese, Muslim, Mesoamerican, Jewish, and Babylonian calendars differ from Christian calendars? The answers to these and hundreds of other intriguing que...

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