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Hallantide
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English
Alternative forms
en Allantide, en Hallontide, en Hollandtide, en Hollantide
Noun
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en obsolete dialectal West Country Ireland Isle of Man Lincolnshire Northampton Worcestershire Shropshire Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Wiltshire Somerset Cornwall All Saints' Day
en c. 17th century 1894 William Browne An Epistle occasioned by the most intolerable Jangling of the Papists' Bells on All Saints' Night The Poems of William Browne of Tavistock https://archive.org/details/poemsofwilliambr02browiala 2 229 Palmes and my friend, this night of Hallantide / Left all alone, and no way occupied
en 1872 Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's Proceedings Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's Somersetshire Glossary http://www.archive.org/details/proceedings32socigoog 17 Hallantide ... All Saints' Day, (hallow-een-tide)
Related terms
en Hallan apple
en Hallan cake
en Hallan day
en Hallan night
References
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Observations on Some of The Dialects in The West of England – Somerset Particularly