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Michaelmas

Modern equivalent

September 29th

One of the four traditional Quarter Days in the British calendar, falling on September 29th.

Marking the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, Michaelmas signalled the end of the harvest season and the beginning of autumn legal and academic terms across Britain.

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