Definition of Walpurgisnacht
: the eve of May Day on which witches are held to ride to an appointed rendezvous : walpurgis night
The place was San Francisco, the year 1966, the date April 30—Walpurgisnacht, the highest holiday on the Satanic calendar.— Marc Weingarten
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The first known use of Walpurgisnacht was in 1822
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