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Just like the modern [[Gregorian]] calendar, the [[Shire Calendar]] regulated time by adding an extra day every four years. This extra day was known as the Overlithe: it occurred between [[Mid-year's Day]] and the second of the two normal [[Lithedays]]. It was treated as a special holiday by the inhabitants of the [[Shire]]. | Just like the modern [[Gregorian]] calendar, the [[Shire Calendar]] regulated time by adding an extra day every four years. This extra day was known as the Overlithe: it occurred between [[Mid-year's Day]] and the second of the two normal [[Lithedays]]. It was treated as a special holiday by the inhabitants of the [[Shire]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:08, 13 January 2006
Just like the modern Gregorian calendar, the Shire Calendar regulated time by adding an extra day every four years. This extra day was known as the Overlithe: it occurred between Mid-year's Day and the second of the two normal Lithedays. It was treated as a special holiday by the inhabitants of the Shire.
