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St John's Eve — The evening of June 23, St. John s Eve, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:36, 56 57) states that John was born about six months before Jesus, therefore the feast of John the Baptist … Wikipedia
St. John's Eve — St. John s Eve, the night before St. John s Day, long celebrated with bonfires and other festivities in various countries of Europe, apparently in continuation of an ancient heathen festival of the summer solstice … Useful english dictionary
JOHN'S EVE, ST. — a festival celebrated with fires on Midsummer Eve; very universally observed and with similar rites throughout Europe, in the Middle Ages, and the celebration of it was associated with many superstitious practices … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
St. John's Eve (play) — St. John s Eve, (Danish Norwegian: Sancthansnatten ) is a play written by Henrik Ibsen in 1853. The play is considered apocryphal, because it never entered Ibsen s collected works. The reason for this was a rather poor criticism when it was shown … Wikipedia
St. John's Eve (short story) — St. John s Eve (1831 short story), is the second tale in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.Plot summaryThis story is retold by Rudy Panko from Foma Grigorievich, the sexton of the Dikanka church. Rudy was in the… … Wikipedia
St John's Eve — noun the night before Midsummer Day • Syn: ↑Midsummer Eve, ↑Midsummer Night, ↑St John s Night, ↑June 23 • Hypernyms: ↑day • Part Holonyms: ↑June … Useful english dictionary
saint john's eve — noun Usage: usually capitalized S&J & sometimes capitalized E 1. : the evening before St. John the Baptist s Day 2. : midsummer eve … Useful english dictionary
St. John's Eve. — See Midsummer Eve. Also called St. John s Night … Useful english dictionary
St John's Eve — (23/4 June) This is the night of 23/4 June, now more generally called *Midsummer Night or Midsummer Eve, and an important date for *bonfires and *divin ations … A Dictionary of English folklore
Eve Torres — Eve Marie Torres Eve Torres le 4 décembre 2008, lors d une séance de signature d autographes. Données générales Nom complet … Wikipédia en Français
