† Crouchmasn.
Obsolete.
The festival of the Invention of the Cross, observed on May 3.
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Crouchmas1389
Invention of the Cross1451
Rood Day1496
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 119 On ye sunday after crouchemesse dai.
?1449 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 236 Þe Fryday nexst after Crowchemesse Day.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 804/1 At Crowchmesse, a la saincte Croyx.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 811/2 On Crowchemesse daye, le jour du saynct Sacrement.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 47 From bull, kow fast, till Crowtchmas [1580 Crowchmas] be past.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Crouchmas or Crouchmas-day, a Festival kept by Roman-Catholicks in Honour of the Holy Cross. [Hence in Bailey.]
1891 Globe 28 Dec. 1/5 Martinmas is confined to Scotland; Crouchmas, the feast of the Invention of the Cross, on May 3, is quite obsolete.]
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