Lady-day

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 479

Lady-day, one of the regular quarter-days in England and Ireland, on which rent is generally made payable. It is the 25th of March in each year; but in some districts Old Lady Day (April 6) is still observed as the term day. See ANNUNCIATION.

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