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Summerdays

The days in the middle of the year

A group of three or four days of feasting and celebration that fell between two months in the middle of the Hobbit-calendars. In the Shire, these Summerdays had come to be known as the 'Lithedays'. The name 'Summerdays' was preserved in Bree, however, where they fell between the months of Lithe and Mede. There were normally three Summerdays, of which the central one was Mid-year's Day. In a leap year, however, the number would be extended to four.


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Lithe, Mede

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