St Piran's Day signatures required. Towns and cities that give their staff an annual day off work for St Piran's Day: Schools that give parents the option of taking their children out of school for the day: St Piran's Day St Piran's Day () is the county day of Cornwall, held on 5 March every year. The day is named after one of the patron saints of Cornwall, Saint Piran, who is also the patron saint of tin miners. St Piran's Day started as one of the many tinners' holidays observed by the tin miners of Cornwall. Other miners' holidays of a similar
St John's Day (Estonia) was carried across the country to light the many bonfires. During the transition to the re-establishment of Estonia's de facto independence, Jaanipäev became an unofficial holiday, with many work places closing down. It once again became an official national holiday in 1992. St John's Day (Estonia) Jaanipäev, although not known by that name in the pre-Christian era, may have been celebrated before the arrival of Christianity in Estonia. After the country was Christianised, the feast took the name Saint John's Day, or Jaanipaev (in Estonian). The arrival of Christianity, however, did not end fertility rituals surrounding this holiday. In 1578,