The name Candlemas comes from the activities associated with the feast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catholic Fire] Reference

More on Candlemas from the always interesting Recta Ratio. posted by John at 10: 46 AM.    From Wordnik.com.  [2 February -- Candlemas Day] Reference

Feast of the Purification, commonly called Candlemas day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bed-Book of Happiness] Reference

Groundhog Day traces its roots to medieval Europe, where Feb. 2 was known as Candlemas Day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

An elaborate blessing for candles is provided on the feast of the Purification on 2 Feb., otherwise known as Candlemas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference

It is called 'Candlemas' because of the blessing of the candles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Candlemas] Reference

"Candlemas" is the Christianized name for the holiday, of course.    From Wordnik.com.  [UUpdates - All updates] Reference

“Four marks by the year at Candlemas,” answered the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monastery] Reference

Christmas and a calm Candlemas are signs of a good year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference

Martinmas, and four sheep from Martinmas till Candlemas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Customs of Old England] Reference

Candlemas (February 2nd), on June 1st, and at Michaelmas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference

Christ-tide is prolonged till Candlemas day, the Feast of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference

Candlemas was the new hot restaurant in the Triangle District.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond World's End]

Island and Candlemas were sighted early in the afternoon, and the.    From Wordnik.com.  [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference

Stow, extended from All-hallows evening to the day after Candlemas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference

"From just before Candlemas day to Easter of the year 1700," wrote.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Versailles] Reference

Monday, February 2nd was Candlemas or as the Celts call it, Imbolc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leo Lunar Eclipse 2009] Reference

The Candlemas customs of the sixteenth century are thus described by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference

Stephans reigne, vpon Candlemas daie, being sundaie, as Niger saith.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne] Reference

And with Candlemas day ends all festivity connected with Christ-tide.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference

Uriens, 'and we will meet here again at Candlemas, and essay the sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference

We put out the boat to examine the land, which we found to be Candlemas island.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference

The snow promised by the Candlemas sun of the preceding day had actually come.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Miserables] Reference

The modern equivalent of this is Candlemas, as it is also called the Candle Festival.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celtic Interactions with Other Cultures, by Steve Myles (Research Paper)] Reference

Weather clear and bright on Candlemas day, Feb. 2nd and therefore ground-hog saw his shadow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference

This latter raid, having occurred in February, was afterwards known as the "burnt Candlemas.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference

The interior of Candlemas made no concessions to currently-voguish Manhattan industrial chic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond World's End]

Brixen it was once performed every day between Christmas and Candlemas by the sacristan or boy-acolytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference

So at Candlemas many more great lords came thither to win the sword, but none might prevail except Arthur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference

It stood between Trennery's and Candlemas 'Emporium, and it was even more interesting than the candy store.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference

And because of all the quarreling, it was decided to have another trial at Candlemas, which fell in the month of.    From Wordnik.com.  [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference

They contended so at that time that the matter was put off till Candlemas, when all the barons should meet there again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference

His sovereignty was to last during the twelve days of Christmas, and also on Candlemas day, and his fee was forty shillings.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference

Lyme Regis in Dorsetshire the person who bought the wood-ashes of a family used to send a present of a large candle at Candlemas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference

Christmastide are alluded to in "The Complaint of Christmas, written after Twelftide, and printed before Candlemas, 1646," by old John.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference