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Hocktide - Wikipedia
Hocktide (also Hock tide or Hoke Day) is the Monday and Tuesday in the second week after Easter. [1] It was an English medieval festival. en.wikipedia.org
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HOCKDAY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. The second Tuesday after Easter celebrated in England before the 18th century with rough sport and humorous play. www.merriam-webster.com
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Hocktide - English Folk Dance and Song Society
Hocktide is the period covering the Monday and Tuesday after Easter and was once the first major festival day after Lent. www.efdss.org
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Hock-day
Hock-day Now only Hist. Also (2 hocedei), 3 hokedey, 3–4 (7–9 Hist.) hoke-, hocke-, 4 hokke-, 4–6 hoc-, 5 hok-, -dai, -day. [Few words have received so much etymological and historical investigation as Hock-day, Hocktide, Hock Tuesday, Hock Monday. But the origin has not yet been ascertained. Early ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Hocktide play | Rituals, Customs, Celebrations | Britannica
Hocktide play, a folk play formerly given at Coventry, Eng., on Hock Tuesday (the second Tuesday after Easter). www.britannica.com
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Hocktide | Folklore - Seb Reilly
The Hock, or Hock Tyde, was held on Monday and Tuesday fortnight after Easter: Monday for men and Tuesday for women, when they stretched a rope across the road, ... sebreilly.com
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Hock Monday | Folklore - Seb Reilly
Following the Easter celebrations, Hock Monday was the first day of Hocktide and involved men hocking women and demanding kisses or payment. sebreilly.com
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Hock-day, n. meanings, etymology and more
What does the noun Hock-day mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun Hock-day. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. www.oed.com
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The Hockaday School | An All Girl's College-Prep School in Dallas TX.
The Hockaday School, founded in 1913, is an independent school in Dallas, Texas that provides a college preparatory education for girls of strong potential. www.hockaday.org
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Hocktide: A Medieval Fest of Flirtation and Finances - JSTOR Daily
Mark your calendars for the second week after Easter: the first two days mark Hocktide, the medieval English festival of kidnapping and ... daily.jstor.org
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hokeday
hokeday etc., early ff. Hock-day, etc. Oxford English Dictionary
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Hock Monday
Hock Monday Obs. exc. Hist. Also 5 hoc, hok, 6 hoke, hocke. [f. hock in Hock-day + Monday.] The Monday in Hocktide.1481–90 Howard-Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 202 Item. to women on Hoc Monday ijd. 1485 Churchw. Acc. St. Mary Hill, Lond. (Nichols 1797) 102 For bred and ale to the wyvys yn the parish that gat... Oxford English Dictionary
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Hock Tuesday
Hock Tuesday Obs. exc. Hist. Also 5–6 hok(e. The Tuesday in Hocktide; Hock-day. Also called binding-Tuesday (dies Martis ligatoria): see binding vbl. n. 6.c 1250 Reg. Salop Abbey No. 179 Unum denarium coquinæ prænominati conventus die qui vulgariter dicitur Hoketysday persolvere. Ibid. No. 178 B, In... Oxford English Dictionary
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Hocktide
Hocktide Obs. exc. Hist. Also 5 hoke-, 6 hok-, 6–7 hoc-, 7 hocks-, hucx-, hocke-, huck-. [f. hock- in Hock-day + tide time, season.] The time or season of the hock days: Hock Monday and Tuesday (the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter-day), on which in pre-Reformation times money was collected fo... Oxford English Dictionary
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hock money
hock money Obs. exc. Hist. Also 5 hocke, 5–6 hok, 6 hoke, oke, hoxce. [f. hock- in Hock-day + money.] The money collected by the men and the women at Hocktide.1484–5 Churchw. Acc. St. Dunstan's, Canterb., Ress. by vs the seyde Wardeynes of Hockemoneye at Ester ixs. xd. 1499 in C. Coates Antiq. Readi... Oxford English Dictionary
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