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Date
22 June on a modern (Gregorian) calendar
Race
Especially associated with Hobbits1
Other names
Sometimes spelt 'Midyear's Day'; also known as Loëndë, Midsummer

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Mid-year’s Day

The day that marked the middle of the year

Also called Loëndë, the day that fell in the middle of the year was an important feature in many of the calendars of Middle-earth. On a modern calendar, Mid-year's Day would be 22 June.


Notes

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The celebration of Midsummer was widespread, and practised by peoples across Middle-earth. The festival was widely known simply as 'Midsummer', or as Loëndë in Elvish, but the term 'Mid-year's Day', though it may plausibly have been used elsewhere, is specifically recorded only in the Shire Calendar used by the Hobbits.

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