Aquarter dayin the Christianliturgical calendar(due toCandlemas). (Scotland)
One of Scotland’s traditional quarter days tied to Candlemas, marking when rents and accounts fall due.
In Scotland, Candlemas on February 2 historically served as a quarter day for settling rents and financial accounts.
Alongside Whitsunday, Lammas, and Martinmas, it structured the medieval legal and agricultural calendar.
Tenant farmers and landowners would synchronize payments and contracts on these dates.
The choice of Candlemas connected practical obligations with the celebration of Christ’s presentation in the Temple.
Though less observed today, the legacy of Candlemas quarter day remains in Scottish legal history.
quarter day
liturgical calendar
Candlemas