"The Duchess" Who Wasn't Day

When Celebrated

Always on August 27th

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About the Holiday

Today's offbeat holiday is the "The Duchess" Who Wasn't Day. It celebrates the 19th century Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford who used the pseudonym "The Duchess" whenever she'd author a book. Well-known for her light romantic fiction, she is best remembered for her legendary line, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...", which comes from her book, "Molly Bawn".

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