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FEW subjects are more full of pitfalls than that of the change of style and consequent alteration of dates, which therefore requires great care in its consideration. Many articles have appeared from time to time in Notes and Queries, and I would refer to two of my own in 9th S., vol. v., pp. 344, 461. Here I need only say that the dates given in Whitaker are correct, though it seems to me it would be better to call May 14 May Day by Julian style instead of old May Day. It is difficult always to remember that no alteration was made in the difference between the two styles in 1600, but was in 1700, 1800, and 1900. None will be made in 2000. There was an old saying about St. Barnabas's Day:—
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LYNN, W. Styles of the Calender. Nature 81, 277 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081277a0
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