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Oi, Desmondo -- email me from a working addy, if you please.

Ta.
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Of the french having time off for remembrance day.

<specialist subject hat on>

Both. In the seventh century AD, the church moved its All Saints' Day,
a holiday for honoring early Christian martyrs, from a day in May to
November 1, as part of its Pope gregory ordered plan of
'christianising' the pagan festivals. This to give a new spin to the
old Samhain rituals of October 31. By the tenth century A.D., the
Catholic Church had added a new holiday, All Souls' Day. This day was
set aside to honor all of the hallowed dead, not just the early
Christian Saints.

Hence All Hallow's eve - Halloween.

Remembrance day is 11/11 - the eleventh hour. I'm surprised you don't
know that particular piece of history.

But this day off is for the above. If the UK had stayed catholic no
doubt we'd be off as well.

Which is remembrance day - here we don't get the day off, everything
defaults to remembrance sunday.

 

Thanks all.

 

Des

Nope, got bugger all to do with Rememberance day. It's an old
left-footer holiday.

Sounds good to me. It always amused me though that the 11th of November is
start of the carnival season in Germany.

 

Wik

Wik the new tallbloke? ;-)

 

Although Remembrance Sunday is now wrapped in religion the 11/11/11
isn't of itself religious. I'm astounded you, or for that matter
anyone else, is not aware of its significance.

Minus several million points off your intelligence score there Des.

 

That'll be me *whooshed*, then.
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| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****

 

Wik

You'll be writing limericks soon, mark my words.