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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Hock Tide

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(from Anglo-Sax. hocken, to seize), or Hoke Days an English holiday, usually observed on Monday and Tuesday two weeks after Easter, in memory of the slaughter of the Danes by Ethelred, Nov. 13, 1002, according to Henry of Huntingdon, and mentioned in the Confessor's Laws. It was the custom formerly to collect money of the parishioners. A trace of this practice is found as late as 1667. Collections were also taken up at town gates, as at Chichester in the last century. Walcott, Sacred Archaeology, p. 312.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hock Tide'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/hock-tide.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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