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Oiel Verree

Tradition
24 March (eve)
Also known as: Oiel Verree

Mary's Feast, observed on the eve of Lady Day (24 March). One of the traditional Manx observances marking the transition points in the agricultural and spiritual year. Part of the network of quarter days and feast days that structured Manx life before and after the Revestment, requiring no institutional support to continue.

Custom / Calendar

Sources

  • Moore, Folk-lore (1891)
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