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tammasmass

nountime

Midwinter feast day on December 21

The St Thomas’s feast (21 December); a midwinter observance in Shetland traditionally kept as a day of rest.

Example in use

We aye haud tammasmass an bide hame

Pronunciation

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/TAM-uhs-MAS/

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