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seven sleepers' day

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
sev-en sleep-er-s' -day
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

June 27 in Germany (Siebenschläfertag), a day whose weather is supposed to determine the average weather of the next seven weeks.

name

July 27 in Finland and Scandinavia, known as the National Sleepy Head Day in Finland

Etymology

From the legend of the Seven Sleepers.

Questions

What does seven sleepers' day mean?
June 27 in Germany (Siebenschläfertag), a day whose weather is supposed to determine the average weather of the next seven weeks.
Where does seven sleepers' day come from?
From the legend of the Seven Sleepers.

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