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Saint Andrew's Day

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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So after, about- right after that s-- sun-- Sunday parade with all the bands, I have me- put an ad in the paper, "Are there any Highlanders in Haliburton?" And come- "If there are, come to the Legion." ... Saint-Andrew's-Day (laughs), November the thirtieth. ... That was in nineteen-seventy.
The feast day of Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, celebrated on the 30th of November.
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Interviewer: You could play bagpipes? Speaker: Mm I've been playing them for about sixty years (laughs). ... Speaker 2: You started the pipe band in Haliburton. Speaker: There's a band in Haliburton and nineteen-forty I- on Saint-Andrew's-Day which is fairly appropriate day- ... I started teaching eleven people.
The feast day of Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, celebrated on the 30th of November.