Roodmass

(aka Inuentio Sancte Crucis (Finding or Discovery of the Holy Cross, Holy Rood Day in May, Holyrood, Crouchmass, Glywys Roodmas; Feast of Saints Blaise, bishop and martyr, Alexander,  Eventii, Theodoli . The day of the 3rd)

This page was created by Marc Carlson (with some help from Dave Hill
It was last edited 9 June 2004

Crouch-mass (from Cruche or 'Cross' mass) goes back to the late 1300s as a documentable term.  A Rood (or "Rod" ) is another term for a cross as a form of execution, and can be documented back to the 900s. Rod possibly referring to the crossed piece that the person is hung from

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