RE:> "Lady Day" in England and the United Kingdom is March 25 Sarah, thank you for sharing your expertise on Brit customs/phrases-- it makes this project of transcribing newsies even more special when people interact and help one another ! we can all learn so much from one another, : )Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: <Shewires@aol.com> To: <NY-WESTERN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 7:04 PM Subject: [NY-WESTERN] Re: NY-WESTERN-D Digest V02 #124 > In a message dated 5/31/2002 2:06:32 PM Central Daylight Time, > NY-WESTERN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > "How old are you?" the enumerator asked an Irish woman. > > "Eighty-three years next Lady Day," was her reply. What did she mean? > > Another person, on being asked if he was born in this country, replied: > > "No, I was born in Vermont." > > > > "Lady Day" in England and the United Kingdom is March 25, nine months before > Christmas, in some churches, the Feast of the Conception. It is also the > reason the calendar used to have 25 March as the first day of the New Year. > > (My hubby is a Brit, still on a green card after 26 years.) > > Sarah > > > ==== NY-WESTERN Mailing List ==== > Comprising the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >