St. Andrewstide

English Alternative forms en St Andrewstide Etymology From en St. Andrew -s- -tide time. Proper noun 1 The feast day of Andrew the Apostle, 30 November, or the period around it. en 1950 w:The Tablet 196 72 Here, too, is enlightenment for readers of those recondite accounts of the Eton Wall Game which appear in The Times at St. Andrewstide. en 1998 w:H. E. J. Cowdrey Pope Gregory VII, 1073–1085 216 Although right up to St Andrewstide (30 November) 1075 concord had prevailed , at Worms the bishops had suddenly and unwarrantedly turned upon the pope. en 1998 Nicola Currie; Stuart Currie Seasons and Saints for the Christian Year: Resources for Celebrating the Three-Year Lectionary with Children 0715149016 100 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_l1drgweG-wC&pg=PA100 ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men’. The non-inclusive language unfortunately persists, presumably because of the word play ‘fishermen’/‘fishers of men’, but nothing could be more inclusive than the celebration of St Andrewstide. en eponyms