Spy Wednesday

English Etymology From the idea that Judas Iscariot was spying on Jesus before betraying him. The Middle Irish equivalent, mga Cédaín in Braith ["Wednesday of Betrayal" or "Spy Wednesday"], is attested in the 15th-century Leabhar Breac.Roisin McLaughlin "Cédaín in Braith: a Latin text on fasting in the Leabhar Breac" (2009); citing Robert Atkinson (1887) The passions and the homilies from Leabhar breac; text, translation, and glossary p.37 (Dublin: Royal Irish Academy); "Céadaoin an Bhraith" Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla (Ó Dónaill, 1977), Noun Spy Wednesday en Q386130 en Catholicism en Holy Wednesday<id:Q386130>. en March 30 1844 https://books.google.ie/books?id=jO4fwMixQRwC&pg=PA174 Order of Service in Holy Week. Bengal Catholic Herald Vol.VI No.13 p.174 CATHEDRAL. Spy-Wednesday—Evening Office of Tenebrae, at 5½ o'clock. 1974 January 23, Seamus de Burca, "Peadar Kearney (1883–1942)" Dublin Historical Record (Old Dublin Society) Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 42–56 : 49: On Spy Wednesday 1916 Thomas McDonagh gave B Company, 2nd Battalion, Irish Volunteers a pep talk. Translations Holy Wednesday Spy Wednesday French: fr mercredi de l’espion m References en Easter Holidays