Yorkshire on Sunday 27 April 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 27 April 1703: Ralph Thoresby of Leeds sends a list of “local” dialect words to the naturalist and linguist John Ray – an alphabet of your compiler’s favourites
- 27 April 1888: Edwin Wild (6 months) of Sheffield is attacked for his milk by a ratting ferret while being cared for by his grandparents
- 27 April 1924: In a letter to Edmund Gosse, Clifford Allbutt recalls the Brontës
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 05:31-20:26, zenith 12:58
- Moon: rise 05:06 set 20:34, new moon
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:35-20:31, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 05:11 set 20:39, new moon
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:32-20:33, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 05:07 set 20:41, new moon
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:36-20:30, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 05:11 set 20:37, new moon
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:33-20:30, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 05:08 set 20:38, new moon
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ The Octave of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday, aka Low Sunday or Quasimodo
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