In this famous and popular Summer Garden, on Monday the second day of whitsuntide, a ceremony used to take place of which we have all heard and many doubted; it was called "The Choosing of the Brides."
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
In the olden time, at whitsuntide, this diversion was extremely popular.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
The short whitsuntide holiday was spent in settling in at Pembroke Lodge.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond