Talk:Eton mess

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[edit] Edit to "Eton mess"

Hi, this article was recently edited "Eton mess" to state that Eton College's annual "Fourth of June" prize-giving celebration picnic is actually celebrated on the last Wednesday in May. Does anyone have a reference for this? If not, the edit might have to be reverted for being unreferenced. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 18:23, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, the 2008 Fourth of June [certainly will be], and it was on the last Wednesday in May every year I was there (1993-1998). That probably counts as original research, doesn't it? The Eton [glossary] says it's "a gala day as near as practicable to the actual date", and [this page] claims it's "always held on the Wednesday closest to the 4th June". However, the actual 4th of June falls on a Wednesday in 2008, and yet the Fourth of June is a week before, so I think "the last Wednesday in May" is more accurate (this also happened in 1997). Anyway, it should be clear that the Fourth of June is not the same thing as June 4! Ladislav the Posthumous (talk) 23:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for inserting the references. Now, if only we can find a proper reference for the Labrador story – the website where I originally found it no longer seems to be working. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 03:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)