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Good Friday fell on Easter Monday

It is said that Good Friday once fell on Easter Monday.

How true is the traditional explanation?
Thanks,
R.
  

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[/nq] By whom? htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

  • [/nq] By whom?
  • htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
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[nq:1]It is said that Good Friday once fell on Easter Monday.[/nq]
By whom?

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
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[nq:2]It is said that Good Friday once fell on Easter Monday.[/nq]
[nq:1]By whom?[/nq]
I've heard it several times. The claim has even
been made in the Irish Parliament. Do you doubt it?

R.
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[nq:2]By whom?[/nq]
[nq:1]I've heard it several times. The claim has even been made in the Irish Parliament. Do you doubt it?[/nq]
Who am I to doubt anything said to have been done by the Irish Parliament?

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/
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[nq:2]I've heard it several times. The claim has even been made in the Irish Parliament. Do you doubt it?[/nq]
[nq:1]Who am I to doubt anything said to have been done by the Irish Parliament?[/nq]
Not "by the Irish Parliament" but "in the Irish Parliament." There is a huge difference.
I first ran into this sort of confusion in 1964, when the Birchers were passing out A Texan Looks at L
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[nq:2]I've heard it several times. The claim has even been made in the Irish Parliament. Do you doubt it?[/nq]
[nq:1]Who am I to doubt anything said to have been done by the Irish Parliament?[/nq]
I think the Irish Parliament, or maybe a racing reporter, may have been referring to a horse named Good Friday.
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[nq:2]Who am I to doubt anything said to have been done by the Irish Parliament?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think the Irish Parliament, or maybe a racing reporter, may have been referring to a horse named Good Friday.[/nq]
(http://www.gov.ie/debates-00/31may/sect5.htm)
Mr. Deasy: Good Friday fell on Easter Mon
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[nq:2]Who am I to doubt anything said to have been done by the Irish Parliament?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not "by the Irish Parliament" but "in the Irish Parliament." There is a huge difference. I first ran into this ... person being quoted was almost always a right-wing loony spouting fantasies was irrelevant: "it" was said in a legislative hearing.[/nq]
You'd know this. Who was the individual in the 5
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[nq:2]Not "by the Irish Parliament" but "in the Irish Parliament." ... fantasies was irrelevant: "it" was said in a legislative hearing.[/nq]
[nq:1]You'd know this. Who was the individual in the 50s that was even more right-wing than the Birchers? He owned a large company that made thermostats or something. I want to say "Allen Controls". He sponsored radio broadcasts with a John Birch type pr
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[nq:2]You'd know this. Who was the individual in the 50s ... He sponsored radio broadcasts with a John Birch type presentation.[/nq]
[nq:1]Another possibility is Howard Colman, founder of the Barber-Colman Company, which company makes Barber-Colman controls and were major supporters of people like LeFevre and Mieses. Barber-Colman was a pioneer in things like encoding photographs with "Baudot
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It's true. Good Friday was a racehorse.

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