In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days are the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly t
Diagram comparing the Celtic, astronomical and meteorological calendars
Michaelmas, also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, and the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, is a Christian festival observed in many Western
Quarter days
…Midsummer Day (24 June, the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist); Michaelmas Day (29 September, the Feast of St Michael and All Angels); and Christmas Day (25 December, the Feast of the Nativity of Jesus…
Saint Michael the Archangel
Saint Michael defeats the Dragon, from a 12th-century manuscript.