APPENDIX 1(B)
DAYS OF THE WEEK (7)
N - NEWICH first day of the week
L-LOONDAY
M - MEERDAY
M - MIDWICH
D - DOMESDAY a day of rest
C - CALUMNDAY
S-SOLEMNDAY
L-LOONDAY
M - MEERDAY
M - MIDWICH
D - DOMESDAY a day of rest
C - CALUMNDAY
S-SOLEMNDAY
VIGILS - DAYS OF OBSERVANCE
(THESE NUMBERS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
CALENDAR)
1. - DIRGETIDE
2. - HALFMERRY DAY
3. - MALBELLTIDE
4. - MANNER
5. - MELLOWTIDE
6. - NYCHTHOLD
7. - PLOUGHMONDAY
8. - EIGHT-MONTH’S EVE (CLERK’S VIGIL)
9. - THISGIVINGDAY
10. - GALLOWS NIGHT
11. - VERTIIMNUS
12. - MIDTIDE
THE DATE UPON WHICH THE SOLSTICE & EQUINOX
OCCUR IS VARIABLE, HENCE THE TWO POSSIBLE TIMES SHOWN FOR EACH
EVENT.
* SAID TO BE THE COLDEST MONTHS,
UNFRIENDLY TO TRAVELERS.
UNFRIENDLY TO TRAVELERS.
%IN THE OLD CALENDARS THIS WAS
ONCE THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR
ONCE THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR
+THESE TWO MONTHS WERE ONCE IN THE REVERSE
ORDER. THEY CAME TO BE SWAPPED WHEN THE EXCEEDINGLY TALL AND
EXCESSIVELY SPOILED DAUGHTER OF MORIBUND SCEPTIC III COMPLAINED SO
BITTERLY THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN IN THE BEAUTIFUL-SOUNDING
MONTH OF LIRIUM RATHER THAN THE UGLY-SOUNDING (AS SHE THOUGHT IT)
MONTH OF CACHRYS. SHE MADE COURT LIFE IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL HER
MUCH-HARASSED FATHER DECREED THE SWAP BY IMPERIAL EDICT. THE CHANGE
HAS REMAINED EVER SINCE, EVEN AFTER A WAR WAS FOUGHT OVER IT.