Yorkshire on Friday 24 May 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 May 1669: Abraham Sharp (16), later mathematician and astronomer, undertakes not to fornicate for the next eight years and is apprenticed to a York textile merchant
Proverbially:
Dean’t o’ Friday buy your ring,
O’ Friday dean’t put t’ spurrins [banns] in;
Dean’t wed o’ Friday. Think on o’ this,
Nowther blue nor green mun match her driss.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 04:43-21:13, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 04:34 rise 23:11, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 04:47-21:18, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 04:39 rise 23:16, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 04:42-21:21, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 04:31 rise 23:23, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 04:49-21:15, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 04:42 rise 23:12, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 04:45-21:17, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 04:36 rise 23:16, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ! Whit Friday walks and brass band contests in Saddleworth and Tameside
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