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BELTANE
Bel"tane, n. Etym: [Gael. bealltainn, bealltuinn.]
1. The first day of May (Old Style). The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas. New English Dict.
2. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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