Brewer's: Mark's Eve

(St.). On St. Mark's Eve all persons fated to be married or to die pass, in procession, the church porch.

`Tis now,' replied the village belle, `St. Mark's mysterious eve. ... The ghosts of all whom Death shall doom Within the coming year In pale procession walk the gloom. ...

J.Montgomery.

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