what is september weekend in scotland

In Scotland, the September Weekend is a public holiday that is observed on the third Monday in September. It is also known as the Autumn Holiday in Edinburgh and the Battle of Stirling Bridge in Falkirk, Perth, and Stirling. The holiday is not observed uniformly across Scotland, and some towns have different holidays on this day, such as the Ayr Gold Cup in Ayr and Kilmarnock. The origins of the September Weekend are not entirely clear, but it is believed to tie in with the pre-Christian celebration of Mabon, which is linked to the second harvest of the year and the autumn equinox. The September Weekend is a time when many schools in Scotland have a week-long holiday, known as the October week, which tends to fall in the middle of October.