Note 690 — Chapter VI · LUNAR CALENDARS AND THE WEEK
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The Scandinavian name for Saturday, “bath-day” or “wash-day” (Old Norse laugardagr), arose from the custom of taking a bath at the end of the week (De la Saussaye, The Religion of the Teutons, Boston, 1902, p. 379; P. B. Du Chaillu, The Land of the Midnight Sun, New York, 1881, ii, 205 sqq.).