Mihilmas

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of Michaelmas. alt-of, dialectal, obsolete

    "‘Who’s there?’ says I. ‘Where?’ says it, on th’ other side. ‘ Anywhere,’ says I, ‘to plaze ye;’ and wid that I fell into a could sweat, for I began to think it was Mihilmas Eve, an’ divil a grain of salt I had about me to keep me from harm!"

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"‘Who’s there?’ says I. ‘Where?’ says it, on th’ other side. ‘ Anywhere,’ says I, ‘to plaze ye;’ and wid that I fell into a could sweat, for I began to think it was Mihilmas Eve, an’ divil a grain of salt I had about me to keep me from harm!"

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