Neither are the songs, that are made of them, both one; for the Scots song made of Otterbourne, telleth the time, about lammas; and also the occasion, to take preys out of England; also the dividing the armies betwixt the earls of Fife and Douglas, and their several journeys, almost as in the authentic history.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
It was lammas Day when I saw him, and he spoke much of it."
"By What Authority?"
Robert Hugh Benson
The word "lammas" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word hlafmaesse, hlaf meaning a loaf, and maesse meaning "mass."
"The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia"
William James Miller