Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

Long Friday

By COLL. ROYAL SOC.

T.E.L.L. is not correct in his supposition that "Long Friday" is the same as "Great Friday". In Danish, Good Friday is Langfredag; in Swedish, Längfredag. I have always understood the epithet had reference to the length of the services.

Topics: Good Friday, Linguistics

Locations: Denmark, Sweden