Foreyule

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Months in the Shire Calendar
  1. Afteryule (January)
  2. Solmath (February)
  3. Rethe (March)
  4. Astron (April)
  5. Thrimidge (May)
  6. Forelithe (June)
  7. Afterlithe (July)
  8. Wedmath (August)
  9. Halimath (September)
  10. Winterfilth (October)
  11. Blotmath (November)
  12. Foreyule (December)

Foreyule was the last month of the Shire Calendar, thirty days immediately preceding the holiday of Yule, and approximately corresponding to modern 21 November through 20 December. It was called Yulemath in Bree and the Eastfarthing.[1]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
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