Quarter days
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quarter-days-164-9244834
title:
Quarter days
text:
In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxes. The significance of quarter days is now limited, although rents for properties in England are often still due on the old English quarter days. The quarter days have been observed at least since the Middle Ages, and they ensured tha
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Four dates in each year
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_days
date created:
2002-10-05T20:21:17Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T22:37:13Z
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