Andrewmas
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Andrewmas
- Saint Andrew's Day.
- 1931, John Buchan, The Blanket of the Dark:
- There will be deep snow by Andrewmas.
- 2017, Michael J. Braddick, Phil Withington, Popular Culture and Political Agency in Early Modern England and Ireland, page 96:
- Andrewmas, for example, by which time ploughing should be completed; Martinmas when spare animals were slaughtered; St Luke's Day when the 'tupping' of ewes commenced, or Lady Day and Michaelmas when farm rents were due.