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Saint Monday
British holiday
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history of United Kingdom
- In United Kingdom: Leisure
…observance of the weekly “Saint Monday,” when furious bouts of working were followed by equally furious bouts of enjoyment on a day supposedly given over to work. In the 1850s, in textiles, the leading sector of the economy, there was a more regular working day and week, and a…
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