A Dictionary of English folklore. Jacqueline Simpson & Steve Roud. 2014.
fig sunday — noun Usage: usually capitalized F&S Etymology: so called from the custom of eating figs on this day : palm sunday * * * Fig Sunday, the Sunday before Easter Sunday; Palm Sunday. ╂[because it was formerly customary to eat figs on this occasion] … Useful english dictionary
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