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Thread #83878 Message #1544111
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
17-Aug-05 - 01:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Mattie Groves - What year?
Subject: RE: Mattie Groves - What year?
"First day of the year" needn't be assumed to mean January 1st. Up until 1752 in England the year was seen as beginning on March 25th, the feast day of the Annunciation, nine months before Christmas Day.