Oak Apple Day - Revision history

Pankratz at 10:38, 2 August 2013

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	Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers. [http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html] Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:		Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers. [http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html] Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:

	“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” [http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/]		“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” [http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/] ([[Samuel_Pepys\|Samuel Pepys]], ''Diary'', 1 June 1660).

	[[Samuel_Pepys\|Samuel Pepys]] (1660)

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	Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.		Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

	Pepys, Samuel. Pepys' Diary, Friday June 1660 <http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/> Visited on July 29, 2013.		Pepys, Samuel. Pepys' Diary, Friday June 1660 <http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/> Visited on July 29 2013.

	Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged. Oak-apple Day <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day> Visited on July 29, 2013.		Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged. Oak-apple Day <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day> Visited on July 29, 2013.

	Barrow, Mandy. Royal Oak Day. 2012 <http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html> Visited on July 29, 2013.		Barrow, Mandy. Royal Oak Day. 2012 <http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html> Visited on July 29 2013. [Beware: rather murky source as far as information on the Civil War and Commonwealth are concerned]

	Learn English Network. British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions: Oak Apple Day <http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/oakappleday.htm> Visited on July 29, 2013.		Learn English Network. British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions: Oak Apple Day <http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/oakappleday.htm> Visited on July 29, 2013.

Anonymous at 15:07, 29 July 2013

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	=== Origin ===		=== Origin ===
	Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers ~~'''~~[~~please indicate the source~~]~~'''.~~ Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:		Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers. [http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html] Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:

	“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” ~~'''~~[~~exact source??~~]~~'''~~		“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” [http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/]

	[[Samuel_Pepys\|Samuel Pepys]] (1660)		[[Samuel_Pepys\|Samuel Pepys]] (1660)
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	=== Today ===		=== Today ===

	Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29 ~~'''~~[~~please indicate the source'''~~]. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue ~~'''~~[~~please indicate the source~~]~~'''.~~ Its true origin is largely forgotten.		Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29. [http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/oakappleday.htm] In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue. [http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html] Its true origin is largely forgotten.

	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===

	''~~'[please indicate access dates for online sources]'~~''		Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

	~~Rose~~, ~~Jacqueline~~. '~~'Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy~~, 1660 ~~- 1688''~~. ~~Cambridge: Cambridge University Press~~, ~~2011~~.		Pepys, Samuel. Pepys' Diary, Friday June 1660 <http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/> Visited on July 29, 2013.

	~~Pepys, Samuel~~. ~~Pepys' Diary, Friday June 1660~~ <http://www.~~pepysdiary~~.com/~~diary/1660/06/01/~~>		Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged. Oak-apple Day <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day> Visited on July 29, 2013.

	~~Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged~~. Oak~~-apple~~ Day <http://www.~~thefreedictionary~~.com/~~Oak+Apple+Day~~>		Barrow, Mandy. Royal Oak Day. 2012 <http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html> Visited on July 29, 2013.

	~~Barrow, Mandy. Royal Oak Day. 2012 <http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html>~~		Learn English Network. British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions: Oak Apple Day <http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/oakappleday.htm> Visited on July 29, 2013.

	Learn English Network. British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions: Oak Apple Day <http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/oakappleday.htm>

WikiSysop at 11:50, 9 July 2013

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	Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29 '''[please indicate the source''']. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue '''[please indicate the source]'''. Its true origin is largely forgotten.		Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29 '''[please indicate the source''']. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue '''[please indicate the source]'''. Its true origin is largely forgotten.

	=== Sources === '''[please indicate access dates for online sources]'''		=== Sources ===

			'''[please indicate access dates for online sources]'''

	Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.		Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

WikiSysop at 11:49, 9 July 2013

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Anonymous at 14:24, 23 June 2013

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	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===
			Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

	~~Rose~~, ~~Jacqueline~~. '~~'Godly Kingship in Restoration England~~. ~~The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy,~~ 1660 - ~~1688''~~. ~~Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011~~.		Pepys, Samuel. Pepys' Diary, Friday June 1660 <http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/>

			Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged. Oak-apple Day <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day>

	http://www.~~thefreedictionary~~.com/~~Oak+Apple+Day~~		Barrow, Mandy. Royal Oak Day. 2012 <http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html>

	http://www.~~projectbritain~~.~~com/calendar~~/~~May~~/~~oakday~~.~~html~~		Learn English Network. British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions: Oak Apple Day <http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/oakappleday.htm>

WikiSysop at 13:59, 18 June 2013

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	=== Origin ===		=== Origin ===
	Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers. Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:		Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers [please indicate the source]. Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:

	“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” [exact source??]		“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” [exact source??]
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	=== Today ===		=== Today ===

	Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue. Its true origin is largely forgotten.		Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29 [please indicate the source]. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue [please indicate the source]. Its true origin is largely forgotten.

	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===

Pankratz at 08:37, 17 June 2013

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	~~Oak Apple Day was a public~~ holiday in England on 29 May to celebrate the [[Restoration~~\|restoration~~]] of the English monarchy; it was formally abolished in 1859. An oak apple is caused by the larvae of a gall wasp, they are so called because the gall slightly resembles an apple.		Public holiday in England on 29 May to celebrate the [[Restoration]] of the English monarchy; it was formally abolished in 1859. An oak apple is caused by the larvae of a gall wasp, they are so called because the gall slightly resembles an apple.

	[[image:Oakapple.jpg\|An oak apple]]		[[image:Oakapple.jpg\|An oak apple]]

	=== Origin ===		=== Origin ===
	Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[~~Charles_II\|~~Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[~~Roundhead\|“Roundheads”~~]] on ~~29th~~ May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on September ~~3rd,~~ 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers. ~~Due to~~ the ~~protection of this~~ tree, ~~Charles was eventually crowned king of Great Britain and Ireland on 29th May 1660.~~		Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers. Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:

	~~Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:~~		“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” [exact source??]

	''“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.”''

	[[Samuel_Pepys\|Samuel Pepys]] (1660)		[[Samuel_Pepys\|Samuel Pepys]] (1660)
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	=== Today ===		=== Today ===

	Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May ~~29th~~. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue. Its true origin is largely forgotten.		Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue. Its true origin is largely forgotten.

	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===

	Rose, Jacqueline: Godly ~~kingship~~ in Restoration England. The ~~politics~~ of the ~~royal supremacy~~, 1660 - 1688. Cambridge: University Press, 2011.		Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

	http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day		http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day

	http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html		http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html

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Oak Apple Day was a public holiday in England on 29 May to celebrate the [[Restoration|restoration]] of the English monarchy; it was formally abolished in 1859. An oak apple is caused by the larvae of a gall wasp, they are so called because the gall slightly resembles an apple.

[[image:Oakapple.jpg|An oak apple]]

=== Origin ===
Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles_II|Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundhead|“Roundheads”]] on 29th May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on September 3rd, 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers. Due to the protection of this tree, Charles was eventually crowned king of Great Britain and Ireland on 29th May 1660.

Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament|parliament]] stating:

''“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.”''

[[Samuel_Pepys|Samuel Pepys]] (1660)

=== Today ===

Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29th. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue. Its true origin is largely forgotten.

=== Sources ===

Rose, Jacqueline: Godly kingship in Restoration England. The politics of the royal supremacy, 1660 - 1688. Cambridge: University Press, 2011.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day

http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html

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	=== Origin ===		=== Origin ===
	Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers [please indicate the source]. Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:		Followers of the monarchy celebrated [[Charles II]]'s birthday and his escape from the [[Roundheads]] on 29 May. It was called 'Oak Apple Day' in remembrance of the time when Charles hid in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and evaded being captured by marauding soldiers '''[please indicate the source]'''. Charles remembered the tree and declared the holiday in its honor, the [[Parliament\|parliament]] stating:

	“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” [exact source??]		“Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day.” '''[exact source??]'''

	[[Samuel_Pepys\|Samuel Pepys]] (1660)		[[Samuel_Pepys\|Samuel Pepys]] (1660)
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	=== Today ===		=== Today ===

	Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29 [please indicate the source]. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue [please indicate the source]. Its true origin is largely forgotten.		Today, it is practice for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear an oak branchlet on May 29 '''[please indicate the source''']. In All Saints Church in Northampton, for example, a wreath of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue '''[please indicate the source]'''. Its true origin is largely forgotten.

	=== Sources ===		=== Sources === '''[please indicate access dates for online sources]'''
	Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.		Rose, Jacqueline. ''Godly Kingship in Restoration England. The Politics of the Royal Oupremacy, 1660 - 1688''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

	Pepys, Samuel. Pepys' Diary, Friday June 1660 <http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/>		Pepys, Samuel. Pepys' Diary, Friday June 1660 <http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/06/01/>

	Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged. Oak-apple Day <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day>		Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged. Oak-apple Day <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Oak+Apple+Day>

	Barrow, Mandy. Royal Oak Day. 2012 <http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html>		Barrow, Mandy. Royal Oak Day. 2012 <http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/May/oakday.html>

	Learn English Network. British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions: Oak Apple Day <http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/oakappleday.htm>		Learn English Network. British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions: Oak Apple Day <http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/oakappleday.htm>