dedicated to Saints 



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such as Advent and Christmas, which gave rise 

 to the winter vacation ; during Lent and Easter, 

 which created that of spring; the time of Pente- 

 cost, which produced the third ; and the long 

 vacation, between Midsummer and Michaelmas, to 

 allow for the harvest. 



The portions of time which were not included 

 in these prohibited seasons, fell naturally into a 

 fourfold division ; and, from a festival or saint's 

 day which immediately preceded their commence- 

 ment, were denominated the Terms of S. Hilary, 

 Easter, Trinity, and S. Michael ^ 

 Ja7i. 1 8. — S. Prisca, Virgin and Martyr. Four-toothed 

 Moss. Bryu77i pellucidum, 



S. Prisca was a Roman lady of the time of 

 Claudius, who, refusing to abjure the Christian 

 religion and offer sacrifice, was dreadfully tortured 

 and afterwards beheaded, in the year of our 

 Lord 47. 



^ Stephen's " Notes on the Book of Common Prayer." 



