[ **up: [[Days]]** ] --- # Thursday --- ## History ### Europe #### 1065 CE Max Dashu writes that Thursday was a ([[pagan]]) holy day of rest, at least for women, who would refuse to spin and weave.[^1] [^1]: Max Dashu, [[Dashu. 'Witches and Pagans_ Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100', 2017.|Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100]] (Richmond, CA: Veleda Press, 2017), p. 36.