Highday

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Days in the Shire Calendar
  1. Sterday
  2. Sunday
  3. Monday
  4. Trewsday
  5. Hevensday
  6. Mersday
  7. Highday

Highday was the seventh day of the week in the Shire Calendar and is equivalent with the Gregorian Sunday. In The Lord of the Rings Highday is translated as Friday according to the system in which Shire ‘Sunday’ and ‘Monday’ appear unchanged and Friday is last day of the week.