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Black Monday

 title: 'SKELETON AND OUTLINE OF THE GREAT IRISH DEER.'

According to the provided text, 'Black Monday' refers to April 14, 1356, a day noted for its severe and fatal cold weather.

An extract from Stow's 'Annals' included in the text explains the origin of the name: 'And heere is to bee noted that the 14 day of Aprill, and the morrow after Easter Day (1356), King Edwarde with his hoast lay before the Cittie of Paris, which day was full darke of mist and haile, and so bitter cold, that many men dyed on their horsebackes with the cold, wherefore unto this day it hath been called the Blacke Monday.'


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