A Dictionary of Saints Days, Feats, Fasts and Festivals

Taking information from a range of sources, including literary texts, legal documents, letters and diaries, this little book contains more than 1400 entries of special days and ceberations, listed by date. It is a quick reference guide to all those dates that we can never remember, all those festivals that are familiar but unmemorable. Not only does it provide dates and short explanations of all the well-known dates in the British calendar, but where else can you find out what the Festival of Fools was all about, when Nutcrack Night is, and whether we are missing out on the Mayzgoose holiday.