That's when many ministers bless animals for the feast day of saint Francis of Assisi - the patron saint of animals.

很多牧师选择在这一天为宠物们做祷告，因为这是纪念动物保护神——圣方济的节日。

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As was the poetic tradition, Chaucer associated the occasion with a feast day.

按照诗歌的惯例，乔叟将这个事件和节日相结合。

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On this important feast day, people might eat food in the shape of skulls, and cakes with "bones" on them.

在这个重要的节庆日子里，人们会吃制成颅骨形状的食物，和装点有“骨头”的蛋糕。

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"I offer Catholic Mass,' cause I'm a Catholic priest by profession,and so it is actually the feast day of Mary,Mother of God.

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"They eat their largest meal of the day as lunch,not dinner. They have a big feast on Sundays.

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Patrick,who is also an activemember of the community. "But at first when they saw us celebrating only Passover and they were saying, 'Oh,this is not a good type of religion for you to belong.' So when we got to know about Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur,Hanukkah, maybe lighting the candles and the Feast of Esther, which is Purim, and the fasting day, we were really happy,".

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What began in early 17th century Ireland as a feast day to honor a saint from the fifth century A.D.

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His visit coincided with a Roman Catholic feast day commemorating the event.

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Thanksgiving has always been a feast day for the gods of paradox.

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