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august". the oed and most etymological dictionaries give it a more circuitous origin similar to gullet; from old french goulet, a diminutive of goule, "throat, neck," from latin gula "throat". several antiquaries beginning with john brady [ ] offered a back-construction to its being originally known as lamb-mass
, under the undocumented supposition that tenants of the cathedral of york, dedicated to st. peter ad vincula, of which this is the feast, would have been required to bring a live lamb to the church, [ ] or, with john skinner , "because lambs then grew out of season." this is a folk etymology , of which...
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