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Mark's Eve
(St.). On St. Mark's Eve all persons fated to be married or to
die pass, in procession, the church porch.
`Tis now,' replied the village belle, `St. Mark's mysterious eve.
... The ghosts of all whom Death shall doom
Within the coming year
In pale procession walk the gloom. ...
J. Montgomery.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Mark's Eve from Infoplease:
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