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beltane

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Noun
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Bel=tane

CIDE DICTIONARY

beltanen. [Gael. bealltainn, bealltuinn.].
  •  The first day of May (Old Style).  [1913 Webster]
    "The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

beltane, n. an ancient Celtic festival celebrated on May Day.

Etymology
Gael. bealltainn

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