Warmington.
_Meaning of Whitsunday._--I long ago suggested in your pages that
Whitsun Day, or, as it was anciently written, Witson Day, meant Wisdom
Day, or the day of the outpouring of Divine wisdom; and I requested the
attention of your learned correspondents to this subject. I cannot
refrain from thanking C. H. for his fourth quotation from Richard Rolle
(Vol. iv., p. 50.) in confirmation of this view.
"This day _witsonday_ is cald,
For _wisdom & wit_ seuene fald
Was youen to þ'e apostles as þis day
For _wise_ in alle þingis wer thay,
To spek w't outen mannes lore
Al maner langage eueri whore."