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Valentine's Day

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The 14th of February, on which young people of both sexes were wont (the custom seems gradually dying out) to send love-missives to one another; it is uncertain who the Valentine was that is associated with the day, or whether it was with any of the name.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Valentine's Day'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​v/valentines-day.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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