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Re: Maundy aka Sheer (?) Thursday

#158501 04/18/2006 11:54 AM

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Some background: there was in the middle ages a Portuguese pope (I suppose I could look him up) who decided the names of the weekdays were pagan (which they are). So he replaced Mon-Fri with segunda-feira, ter�a-feira, quarta-feira, quinta-feira, sexta-feira. The names are used today in Portugal and Brazil, and probably in the other colonies, too.That said, both the Thursday and the Friday of Holy Week are santa. And Easter, yes, is P�scoa.

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A seasonal enquiry Bingley 04/13/2006 4:27 AM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Father Steve 04/13/2006 5:31 AM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Faldage 04/13/2006 8:48 AM

Re: A seasonal enquiry inselpeter 04/13/2006 10:31 AM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Alex Williams 04/13/2006 10:48 AM

Re: A seasonal enquiry AnnaStrophic 04/13/2006 10:55 AM

Re: A seasonal enquiry maverick 04/13/2006 12:01 PM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Myridon 04/13/2006 2:49 PM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Father Steve 04/13/2006 2:52 PM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Myridon 04/17/2006 2:39 PM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Jomama 04/14/2006 2:59 AM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Bingley 04/17/2006 5:42 AM

Re: A seasonal enquiry Buffalo Shrdlu 04/17/2006 2:44 PM

Re: Maundy aka Sheer (?) Thursday AnnaStrophic 04/18/2006 11:54 AM

Re: Maundy aka Sheer (?) Thursday Bingley 04/19/2006 1:23 AM

Minggu is also the word for week TEd Remington 04/19/2006 11:45 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week Faldage 04/20/2006 12:46 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 12:49 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week Faldage 04/20/2006 12:50 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 12:55 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week Faldage 04/20/2006 12:57 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week zmjezhd 04/20/2006 3:29 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week Jackie 04/20/2006 1:00 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 1:07 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 1:10 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week Jackie 04/20/2006 1:18 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 1:30 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week Jackie 04/20/2006 1:41 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 1:45 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week inselpeter 04/20/2006 3:54 AM

Re: Minggu is also the word for week Bingley 04/20/2006 8:33 AM

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