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Dates
30 Yavannië by the New Reckoning (equivalent to 22 September by the Shire Calendar, or modern 13 September) and extended to the following day during a leap year; the first Ringday was observed in III 3019
Origins
Adopted into the New Reckoning of Aragorn Elessar at the end of the Third Age
Race
Used in a calendar of Men to commemorate the actions of a Hobbit, the Ring-bearer Frodo Baggins
Culture
Ringday originated among the Gondorians
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Ringday

A festival in honour of Frodo the Ring-bearer

After the Fall of Sauron in III 3019, even before the end of the Third Age, the calendars of Aragorn's Reunited Kingdom were revised to celebrate this momentous event. On the new scheme, known as the New Reckoning, the date of Yavannië 30 (the last day of September) corresponded to the birthday shared by Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. This was made a holiday and festival in honour of the Ring-bearer, known as Cormarë or Ringday.


See also...

Cormarë, New Reckoning

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