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	...it's Traditional : Whitsuntide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whit weekend is usually the first holiday weekend of the year with any hope of decent weather, and a fine Whit Monday (now renamed the Late Spring Bank Holiday) will see families flocking to the coast or countryside.
		Whit Sunday commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of flames to the Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament.
		Whit weekend, being a three-day break, is, like May Day, an important date on the Morris-Dancing calendar, and it also marks the start of the Well Dressing season.
	www.geocities.com /traditions_uk/whit.html (416 words)

	Whit Monday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar, being dependent upon the date of Easter.
		Until recently it was a public holiday in Ireland, and was a bank holiday in the United Kingdom until 1967, when it was formally replaced by a fixed 'spring holiday' on the last Monday in May in 1971.
		The Monday is also a holiday in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, The Netherlands and several Scandinavian countries, there going under the name "Pentecôte" (fr), "Pentecoste" (it), "Pinse" (no, da), "Pingst" (sv), "Pfingsten" (de) and "Pinksteren" (nl).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whit_Monday (191 words)

	Monday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monday is often held to be the first day of the week.
		Modern culture usually looks at Monday as the beginning of the workweek, as it is typically Monday when adults go back to work and children back to school after the weekend.
		It is Monday when commodity markets add or subtract weather premium, hence the nickname Weather Market Monday.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monday (467 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pentecost
		The day is known as Whit Monday in England, Wales, and Ireland, and is also celebrated in Iceland, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, parts of Switzerland, Germany and Hungary.
		Since 1967, however, Whit Monday has not been a public holiday in the United Kingdom; the holiday has been moved to the fixed date of the last Monday in May, which sometimes but by no means always coincides with Whit Monday.
		Whit Monday also ceased to be a statutory holiday in France in 2005, where the abolishment led to strong protests.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Whitsuntide (1600 words)

	U.S. Nationals: Whit Bazemore Kendall Camaro Funny Car
		Indianapolis, Monday: Whit Bazemore ended his final-round streak today, when he was defeated by Scotty Cannon's Corvette in the second round.
		Whit was ahead at the starting lights with a.514 reaction time to Cannon's.523, but it the Camaro soon developed a problem, slowing Whit to a 5.142, 259.96 run versus Cannon's winning 5.015, 301.40.
		Indianapolis, Saturday: Whit Bazemore continued to be one of the most consistent Funny Cars in the division, posting two of the quickest runs in the first three qualifying sessions for the U.S. Nationals.
	www.nhra.com /events/1999/race17/reports/w_bazemore.html (1802 words)

	Monday Ecards - Ecardking.com
		Today it is Monday and that's why I thought, you could surely tolerate a lot of good moods.
		Monday is no resting day, even though everybody is resting.
		Monday is easy-to-go-day, so let it go on calmly.
	www.ecardking.com /sub-59-0-monday.html (74 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for whit
		PHRASES: every whit wholly: my mother was fond of her and I shall be every whit as fond.
		whit (arch.) very small or the least portion or amount.
		Whit Sunday The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=whit (683 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pentecost
		The Sabbath rest of Tuesday was abolished in 1771, and in many missionary territories also that of Monday; the latter was abrogated for the entire Church by Pius X in 1911.
		Still, as at Easter, the liturgical rank of Monday and Tuesday of
		Pentecost week is a Double of the First Class.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15614b.htm (604 words)

	Florida boy struck by lightning recovering - More Health News - MSNBC.com
		Whit Watson, 15, was struck by lightning while helping repair a roof in Port Charlotte in August, five days after Hurricane Charley roared through.
		On Monday, Whit wore a red Tampa Bay Buccaneers sweat shirt and purple scrub pants as his father pushed him around the hospital in a wheelchair.
		Whit was standing on the roof of a house in Port Charlotte on Aug. 18, helping his uncle and another man patch a hole ripped open by Hurricane Charley.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6149900 (568 words)

	Grenada Hotel & Tourism Assoccation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whitsun is a feast of the universal Church which commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ (Easter), on the ancient Jewish festival called the ""feast of weeks"" or Pentecost.
		In Grenada religious services are held on Whit Sunday, and an official holiday given on Whit Monday.
		Whit Monday is a public holiday, when banks and most shops are closed
	www.grenadahotelsinfo.com /component/option,com_extcalendar/Itemid,29/extmode,view/extid,12 (90 words)

	amateur
		Pentecost (Whit Sunday in the English church), the celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit into the souls of Christ's disciples (50 days after the Resurrection), offers a splendid opportunity for a composer—and for a conductor, chorus, and orchestra—who understand the universality of the state of mind Pentecost draws upon.
		This is clearly music written by a man who knows that religious and earthly love come from the same source in us and overlap in ways that most of us have forgotten.
		The Whit Monday cantatas, which make up the second CD in this set, as we might expect, are about contentment and gratitude.
	www.positive-feedback.com /Issue27/amateur.htm (1675 words)

	French Guiana Public Holidays and Bank Holidays - Calendar 2006
		Whit Monday is no longer recognized as a state holiday as of 2005 by France.
		The result is that on Whit Monday 2005, most people were not reachable for business purposes.
		In future years, it is possible that either the holiday will be reinstated, or that the day could again be marred by widespread absenteeism, strikes, and protest marches.
	www.qppstudio.net /bankholidays2006/french_guiana.htm (598 words)

	Whit Monday Pilgrimages
		When in 1971 the 'late May Bank Holiday' was fixed on the last Monday in May, which does not necessarily coincide with Whitsuntide, the National's date then had to be attached to the secular holiday.
		The Whit Monday Pilgrimage was as crowded as usual and we were pleased to have the Bishop of the Windward Islands with us, and he preached both on Whit Sunday and the evening before.
		On Whit Monday the much talked of Pilgrimage of Reparation for the South Indian Schism came to the Shrine, it being made up of groups from all parts of the country.
	www.walsinghamanglicanarchives.org.uk /WhitMondaypilgrimages.htm (1352 words)

	Pentecost (Whitsun)
		Whit Sunday is a favourite day for baptism.
		In St Braivels, Gloucestershire, following evensong on Whit Monday, basketfuls of bread and cheese are thrown from a wall near the old castle, to be scrambled for in a lane below.
		The first Sunday or Monday in May is a unique opportunity to witness the ancient custom of cheese rolling.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /customs/whitsun.html (466 words)

	Take Our Word For It, page one - Spotlight
		In many cases this was because some of the holiness spilled over from a Sunday and the next day became a holy-day, too.
		That was the case with Easter Monday, Whit Monday and even Saint Monday.
		In the 19th century, workmen were said to be keeping Saint Monday if they failed to show up to work due to drunkenness on Sunday.
	www.takeourword.com /TOW114/page1.html (297 words)

	Whitsuntide
		The Whit Walkers will very likely make their way to the local green or playing field and there the "Whitsun Ale" will begin.
		A Whitsun Ale is not now, despite its name, a type of beer, but in its origins before the Reformation ales were brewed to raise funds for the church, and were associated with other forms of merrymaking.
		After the Civil War ended in 1646 the Puritan government banned all types of merrymaking, but, after the Restoration of Charles II, Whitsun Ales became a major event - helped no doubt by the fact that Charles was born on a Whit Monday and so encouraged the celebration.
	members.aol.com /urcgrantham/html/whitsuntide.html (287 words)

	Holidays in French Guiana
		Whit Monday is no longer recognized as a state holiday as of 2005.
		However, in the few months leading up to May 2005, this gesture of solidarity was contested ever more loudly by unions and civil servants in France.
		For 2006, as of today (July 2005), it is possible that either the holiday will be reinstated, or the day could again be marred by widespread absenteeism, strikes, and protest marches.
	www.southtravels.com /america/frenchguiana/holidays.html (380 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On Ascension Day (5 May) on Friday, 6 May on Whit Sunday (15 May) and Whit Monday (16 May) the SARA services will continue, albeit with limited staffing.
		The national supercomputers at SARA, Teras en Aster, as well as the IBM cluster Solo, the National Compute Cluster Lisa and the NL-Grid cluster Matrix will be managed as in weekends on Ascension Day on Whit Sunday and Whit Monday.
		Regular services will be resumed on Monday, 9 May. After Whit Monday regular services will be resumed on the morning of Tuesday, 17 May.
	www.sara.nl /news/recent/pinksteren/sluiting_eng.html (309 words)

	Monday - French-English Dictionary WordReference.com
		She had to go to school on Monday.
		At 5.30 on a Monday morning in November of 1955..
		I would love to meet you on Monday
	www.wordreference.com /enfr/Monday (70 words)

	Traditional Morris Events - Spring Bank Holiday - Whitsun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		{The Greek "pentekoste" meaning the fiftieth day after Easter} Whit Sunday commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of flames to the Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament.
		The recent adoption of a late Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday in May attempts to deal with the fact that Whitsuntide is a moveable feast dependent on the date of Easter.
		Thus the Whit Monday holiday is no longer necessarily at the church's Whitsuntide.
	www.themorrisring.org /Trad/Whit.htm (325 words)

	Global Ascension Meditation at Whit
		Now is the time to become again fully aware of our true power of creation and truly live the love and the light, the divine essence of who we really are.
		To strengthen the morphic field of ascension we invite you to do this meditation together with other lightworkers worldwide on a special day at a special time.
		For this purpose we ask all lightworkers to join us in this meditation on Whit Monday, the 16th of May 2005 at 7 pm GMT / 3 pm EDT (New York) and thereby support the ascension into light and the realization of the New Age.
	www.lightparty.com /Spirituality/global-ascension-meditation.htm (686 words)

	The Bahamian, Citizen & Resident guide to Bahamian businesses, services & products
		The first Monday in August commemorates the Emancipation of slavery in 1834.
		In Nassau, Fox hill Village is the center for Emancipation festivities.
		The day is a traditional English holiday which started centuries ago when nobility and landlords boxed leftover Christmas goodies and gave them to servants and tenants.
	www.thebahamian.com /generalevents.html (1481 words)

	Whit Sunday - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Windless Whit Sundays.(results of the Hahn Premium Race Week 2000)
		Whit benefits from wisdom Bazemore shows he still remains serious Funny Car contender
		WHITS END'S OWNERS THROWING IN THE BAR TOWEL
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O27-WhitSunday.html (403 words)

	Global Holidays, Ecommerce Info Center
		New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, Labour Day, Independence Day, Emancipation Day, Columbus Day, Christmas.
		The State of Bahrain is group of about 35 islands in the Persian Gulf.
		Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Id al-Adha, National Day, Assumption, Mouloud, All Saints' Day, Christmas.
	www.ecominfocenter.com /global/travel/holidays/b.html (1729 words)

	The Local - Whit hit
		But don't celebrate too soon - to make up for lost time, Whit Monday (this year on 31st May) will lose its holiday status.
		Religious leaders on Sweden's Christian Council were invited to take their pick and they seem to have been quite unanimous in their indifference to Whit Monday.
		Whit Monday, as the name suggests, always falls on a Monday and always means a day off work.
	www.thelocal.se /article.php?ID=156&date=20040507 (774 words)

	Whit Monday
		Whit Monday is now renamed the Late Spring Bank Holiday
		Whit Monday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland used to fall anywhere between 11 May and 14 June, as it was the Monday after Whit Sunday (
		In 1971, Whit Monday was formally replaced by a fixed spring holiday on the last Monday in May.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /customs/whitmonday.html (102 words)

	Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press
		whit was not found in the Cambridge Dictionary of American English
		whit was found in the Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact in the following entries:
		whit was found in the Diccionario Cambridge Klett Compact in the following entries:
	dictionary.cambridge.org /results.asp?dict=A&searchword=whit (81 words)

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