LAMMAS

lammas. Lammas, n. the first of August, when the parochial clergy collected their tithes in lambs

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Lam″mas (?), n. [[AS. hlāmmesse, hlāfmæsse, loaf mass, bread feast, or feast of first fruits; hlāf loaf + mæsse mass. See Loaf, and Mass religious service.]] The first day of August; — called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.