Maides of Honor (1587); High Holy Dayes (1653)

[A. Maberry]

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> HIGH HOLY DAYES
>    Jim Landau wrote that this is not in the OED.  Landau submitted 1923.
>    EEBO has Alexander Goughe, THE QUEEN (1653), "or at a feast upon high holy
> dayes, three red Sprats in a dish..."
>    LITERATURE ONLINE has Thomas D'Urfey, THE RISE AND FALL OF MASSANIELLO,
> part ii (1700), "...that your Ladyship reserves for high Holy-days..."

Wasn't Jim Landau providing a date for High Holy Days in the Jewish
calendar? The cites from EEBO seem to refer to something else. Anyway,
here is a slightly earlier cite for High Holy Days found in the Historical
Index to the New York Times 21 August 1918 page 8 col. 7 under United
States--Army: Jews "orders issued for furloughs for high holy days"

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu