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1st Sunday
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- American Family Day
- Canoe Joust - in Maryland
- Friendship Day
- Joust of the Quintana - in Italy
- National Day of Peace
- Scottish Bagpipe & Highland Dance Festival
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1st Monday
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- August Monday - in Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas Emancipation Day
- Civic Holiday - in Canada
- Colorado Day
- Grenada Emancipation Day
- Jamaica Independence Day
- Nut Monday
- Picnic Day - in Australia
- Shop & Office Workers' Holiday - in Iceland
- Youth Day - in Zambia
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1st Saturday
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- Feast Day of St. Wilfred - in Yorkshire, UK
- Festival of Nations - in Red Lodge, Montana
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- Rush-Bearing Day - in Grasmere, UK
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2nd Saturday
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- National Hobo Convention - in Britt, Iowa
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2nd Sunday
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2nd Monday
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- Carnival Monday - in Grenada
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2nd Tuesday
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- Fox Hill Day - in the Bahamas
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2nd Friday
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- No Man's Land Celebration
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2nd Saturday
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- Bud Billiken Day - in Chicago; Black Children's Holiday
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3rd Monday
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3rd Wednesday
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- Watch-the-Pot Wednesday (Fairy)
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3rd Thursday
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- Boil-Over Thursday (Fairy)
- Sour Herring Premiere - in Sweden
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3rd Friday
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3rd Saturday
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- Natural Chimneys Jousting Tournament - in Virginia
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3rd weekend
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- Festival of the Little Hills - in Missouri
- Ginza Holiday - in Chicago; Japanese Culture Festival
- Holzfest - in Amana, Iowa
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3rd Saturday (every other year)
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1st Sunday after the 15th
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- Our Lady of Girsterklaus - in Luxembourg
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next to final Sunday
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- Schuebermess Shepherd's Fair begins - in Luxembourg
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4th Sunday
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- Wedding of the Giants - in Belgium
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final Sunday
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- Plague Sunday - in Gloucestershire, UK
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final Monday
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- Liberation Day - in Hong Kong
- Summer Holiday - in the UK but not Scotland
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final Tuesday
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- Lammas Fair Day - in Ballycastle, Ireland
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final Saturday
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August's Movable Holidays