"the last month of the old year and the first month of the new year and is followed by eleven days of extended celebration. In Roman traditions additional festivities take place during the six days leading up to Midwinter. As the first cross-quarter day following Midwinter this day falls on the first of February and traditionally marks the first stirrings of spring. It aligns with the contemporary observance of Groundhog Day. It is time for purification and spring cleaning in anticipation of the year's new life. In Rome, it was historically a shepherd's holiday, while the Celts associated it with"
"Dwynwen) is the Welsh day of love much like St. Valentine's Day. Celebrated on 26 December, in Wales Boxing Day or St. Stephen's Day is known as Gŵyl San Steffan. 1 January: The Welsh New Year's Eve and Day celebration involving the tradition of giving gifts or money Calennig to celebrate the new year. 2 February: Literally translates as ""Mary's Festival of the Candles"", and it is equivalent to Candlemas and Imbolc. In Paganism, the Welsh holiday name is just ""Gŵyl y Canhwyllau"", meaning ""The Festival of Candles"". 20–21 March: Spring Equinox, a time of festival and drinking, the middle"
"of Spring. 1 May: May Day, a time of festival and drinking, the first day of summer and the Welsh equivalent of Beltane. 20–21 June: Alban Hefin, a time of festival and drinking, (Summer Solstice) 24 June: Gwyl Ifan (St John's Day), a time of festival and drinking, otherwise known as Midsummer's day. Around 1 August: The first day of Autumn, a time of festival and drinking, the Welsh equivalent of Lughnasadh, or Lammas. 22–23 September: Autumn Equinox, a time of festival and drinking, the middle of Autumn. 31 October and 1 November: Winter's eve and the first day of"
"February February is the second and shortest month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendar with 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years, with the quadrennial 29th day being called the ""leap day"". It is the first of five months to have a length of less than 31 days (the other four months that fall under this category are: April, June, September, and November), and the only month to have a length of less than 30 days, as the other eleven months have a length of at least 30 days. This year February 28"
"days in it. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February is the third and last month of summer (the seasonal equivalent of August in the Northern Hemisphere, in meteorological reckoning). February may be pronounced either as or . Many people pronounce the first ""r"" as rather than , as if it were spelled ""Febuary"". This comes about by analogy with ""January"" (), as well as by a dissimilation effect whereby having two ""r""s close to each other causes one to change for ease of pronunciation. The Roman month"
"Imbolc Imbolc or Imbolg ( ), also called (Saint) Brigid's Day (, , ), is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of spring. Most commonly it is held on 1 and 2 February, or about halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals—along with Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhain—and corresponds to the Welsh "". For Christians, especially in Ireland, it is the feast day of Saint Brigid. Imbolc is mentioned in some of the earliest Irish literature"
"Faoilleach ' or ', anglicised as Fulteachs, futtick, furtock etc., is a Scottish Gaelic term which originally referred to a certain period in the agricultural calendar and which refers to the first month of the year, January, in modern Scottish Gaelic. Nowadays, the term has fallen out of English and Lowland Scots, but is still used in Gaelic for the month of January specifically. It would appear to be a very old term, as it seems to come from ' or ' meaning a wolf, a creature which has been extinct in Scotland for centuries. The Gael of old regarded"
"Bethan and Huw and BBC Radio Wales's Adam Walton support new Welsh music at their respective stations. Every year, ""Mentrau Iaith Cymru"", The National Eisteddfod and BBC Radio Cymru have their national 'Battle of the Bands,' where young, upcoming Welsh bands can compete for £1000, and, what is thought to be one of the greatest possible achievements for a Welsh language act, to perform at Maes B, on its final night. In addition to Maes B, there are a number of various Welsh language music events throughout the year that have gained popularity in the past few years. In February"
"Gŵyl Mabsant A Gŵyl Mabsant (Welsh for ""Feast of the Patron""), also known as the Patronal Festival or Wake of a parish, is a traditional Welsh festival held annually in commemoration of the patron saint of a parish. Prior to 1752, the corresponding fair was reckoned by the Saint's Day according to tradition or to the official Catholic or Anglican Calendar of Saints; following the shift to New Style dating, however, the fair was reckoned eleven days later. (For example, St. Teilo's Fair in Llandeilo was originally held on February 9 but came to be held on the 20th.) By"
"February 24 First Sunday of Great Lent (Eastern Christianity): February 25 Last Tuesday: February 27 Last day of February: February 28 February February is the second and shortest month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendar with 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years, with the quadrennial 29th day being called the ""leap day"". It is the first of five months to have a length of less than 31 days (the other four months that fall under this category are: April, June, September, and November), and the only month to have a length of"
"na) Thursday (O’du su) Friday (O’du towi) Saturday (O’du azia) The simplest way to refer to months (Mba in Lugbara) is to use numbers, for example January is Mba Alu, February is Mba Iri, May is Mba Towi and so on. But below is the other Latinized (and seasonal) way of mentioning them. Januari (Oco ‘dupa sere) Feburili (Kulini) Marici (Zengulu) Aprili (Ayi – Wet season) Mayi (Mayi) Juni (Emveki) Julayi (Irri) Agoslo (Iripaku) Sebitemba (Lokopere) Okitoba (Abibi) Novemba (Waa) Desemba (Anyu fi kuma) Eka (red) Imve (white) Imve silili, imve whilili (very pure white) Ini (black) Inibiricici, inicici (very"
"the Maltese is known as 'ix-xahar tal-bard' ('the coldest month') February by the Maltese is known as 'ix-xahar ta' San Pawl' ('Saint Paul’s month') March by the Maltese is known as 'ix-xahar ta' San Ġużepp, tal-Lunzjata u tar-roħs' ('Saint Joseph, the Annunciation and Sales' month') April is known by the Maltese as 'ix-xahar tan-nwhar u ta' San Girgor' ('the month of blossoms and Saint Gregory'). The following feasts are moveable, as they can occur either in March or in April. May by the Maltese is known as 'ix-xahar tal-ħsad, tal-Madonna ta' Pompej' ('the month of harvest, Our Lady of Pompeii')"
"a corruption of Afan. Saint Afan Saint Afan of Builth (; ) was an early 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint. His feast day is generally placed on 17 November, although the Demetian Calendar formerly used in southern Wales placed it on the 16th; it is no longer observed by either the Anglican or Catholic church in Wales. Afan as a man's name in Wales is probably a loan from the Latin ""Amandus"". In Welsh, he is sometimes known as ' (""Bishop Afan"") from his title and as ' or """" from his diocese around Builth in Brycheiniog. Saint Afan"
"given the English climate at that time of year. However, it has since been discovered that ""sol"" is equivalent to 'hearthcake' in several texts, and thus Bede is likely to have been correct in his definition. Solmōnaþ Solmōnaþ (modern English: ""month of the hearthcakes"") was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of February. The name was recorded by the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede in his treatise ""De temporum ratione"" (The Reckoning of Time), saying that "" Sol-Monath can be said to be the month of cakes, which were offered to their gods”; It was formerly argued that there is no other"
"Solmōnaþ Solmōnaþ (modern English: ""month of the hearthcakes"") was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of February. The name was recorded by the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede in his treatise ""De temporum ratione"" (The Reckoning of Time), saying that "" Sol-Monath can be said to be the month of cakes, which were offered to their gods”; It was formerly argued that there is no other reference to ""sol"" meaning ‘cake’ in Old English, and that as ""sol"" is used to mean ‘mud’ or ‘dirt’ in most texts, a far likely meaning is that the sol month was the muddy month, especially"
"to follow the tradition of the pre-1752 Julian calendar and celebrate New Year () on 13 January. Children walk from house to house, and sing traditional Welsh language songs. In return, householders provide gifts, or ""calennig"", of sweets and money. In 2012, it was reported that most children from the local primary school would be absent that day to take part in the celebrations. The community (Pontfaen) contains a primary school (""Ysgol Llanchllwydog"") and a pub of considerable local renown named the ""Dyffryn Arms"", known locally as ""Bessie's"" and run by Bessie Davies's family since 1845. The pub was originally"
"(Winter ), and the second half "" (Spring ). """" is also used to mean ""the equinoxes"" according to Dwelly, presumably the vernal equinox. John Jamieson records another saying: This is very similar to the Highland sentiments. Faoilleach ' or ', anglicised as Fulteachs, futtick, furtock etc., is a Scottish Gaelic term which originally referred to a certain period in the agricultural calendar and which refers to the first month of the year, January, in modern Scottish Gaelic. Nowadays, the term has fallen out of English and Lowland Scots, but is still used in Gaelic for the month of January"
"the calendar year, meaning the order that months are displayed (January, February, March, ..., December) within a year-at-a-glance calendar. Even during the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began on March 25 or December 25, the second month was February whenever all twelve months were displayed in order. The Gregorian calendar reforms made slight changes to the system for determining which years were leap years and thus contained a 29-day February. Historical names for February include the Old English terms Solmonath (mud month) and Kale-monath (named for cabbage) as well as Charlemagne's designation Hornung. In Finnish, the month"
"Saint Afan Saint Afan of Builth (; ) was an early 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint. His feast day is generally placed on 17 November, although the Demetian Calendar formerly used in southern Wales placed it on the 16th; it is no longer observed by either the Anglican or Catholic church in Wales. Afan as a man's name in Wales is probably a loan from the Latin ""Amandus"". In Welsh, he is sometimes known as ' (""Bishop Afan"") from his title and as ' or """" from his diocese around Builth in Brycheiniog. Saint Afan was the son of"
"Beuno Saint Beuno (; 640), sometimes anglicized as Bono, was a 7th-century Welsh abbot, confessor, and saint. Baring-Gould gives St Beuno's date of death as 21 April 640, making that date his traditional feastday. In the current Roman Catholic liturgical calendar for Wales, he is commemorated on 20 April, the 21st being designated for Saint Anselm. His name has been reconstructed as ""*Bou[g]nou"" in Old Welsh, with a proposed derivation from the common Celtic *""Bou[o]-gnāw-"", with a meaning related to ""Knowing Cattle"". Beuno was said to have been born at Berriew in Powys and to have been the grandson of"
"Hobiyee Hobiyee, also spelled Hoobiyee, Hobiyee, Hobiiyee and Hoobiiyee, is the Nisg̱a'a new year celebrated every February / March. It signifies the emergence of the first crescent moon and begins the month Buxw-laḵs. Celebrations of Hobiyee are done by Nisg̱a'a wherever they are located, but the largest celebrations are in Nisg̱a'a itself and in areas with a large Nisg̱a'a presence like Vancouver. Hobiyee comes from the phrase """"Hobixis hee!"""" meaning the ""moon is in the shape of the ""hoobix""."" The ""hoobix"" is the bowl of the Nisg̱a'a wooden spoon. Hobiyee thus signifies the potential for an abundant harvest (or filled"
"of spring, during which great feasts were held. It is attested in some of the earliest Old Irish literature, from the 10th century onward. It was one of four Gaelic seasonal festivals: Samhain (~1 November), Imbolc (~1 February), Beltane (~1 May) and Lughnasadh (~1 August). From the 18th century to the mid 20th century, many accounts of Imbolc or St Brigid's Day were recorded by folklorists and other writers. They tell us how it was celebrated then, and shed light on how it may have been celebrated in the past. Imbolc has traditionally been celebrated on 1 February. However, because"
"the Laws of Hywel Dda, the three main holidays (""gwyliau"") of the medieval Welsh kingdoms were Christmas (""Nadolig""), Easter (""Pasg""), and Whitsuntide (""Sulgwyn""). Other important holidays were the feasts of St Patrick (""Gwyl Badric"") on 17 March; St. Quiricus (""Gwyl Giric"") on 16 June; the Beheading of John the Baptist (called in Welsh ""Gwyl Ieuan y Moch"" St. John of the Swine as it was the day the pigs were turned out into the woods to forage through the winter) on 29 August; St Michael (""Gwyl Fihangel"") on 29 September; and the Calends of Winter (""Calan Gaeaf"") on 1 November,"
"Februus is possibly named in honor of the more ancient Februa (also Februalia and Februatio), the spring festival of washing and purification. Februus' holy month was ""Februarius"" (of Februa), hence English February, a month named for the Februa/februalia spring purification festival which occurred on the 15th of that month. These spring purification activities occurred at about the same time as Lupercalia, a Roman festival in honor of Faun and also the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus, during which expiatory sacrifices and ritual purifications were also performed. Because of this coincidence, the two gods (Faun and Februus) were often considered"
"is called ""helmikuu"", meaning ""month of the pearl""; when snow melts on tree branches, it forms droplets, and as these freeze again, they are like pearls of ice. In Polish and Ukrainian, respectively, the month is called ""luty"" or ""лютий"", meaning the month of ice or hard frost. In Macedonian the month is ""sechko"" (сечко), meaning month of cutting [wood]. In Czech, it is called ""únor"", meaning month of submerging [of river ice]. In Slovene, February is traditionally called ""svečan"", related to icicles or Candlemas. This name originates from ""sičan"", written as ""svičan"" in the ""New Carniolan Almanac"" from 1775"
"(1 February), Beltane (1 May), Lughnasadh (1 August), or Samhain (1 November). In Scotland, by the village of Munlochy on the A832, is a clootie well at an ancient spring dedicated to Saint Curetán, where rags are still hung on the surrounding bushes and trees. Here the well was once thought to have had the power to cure sick children who were left there overnight. In the heart of Culloden woods near the battlefield is a walled clootie well also known as St Mary's well. This well was traditionally visited on the first Sunday in May up until the early"
"Calendar ( Bulan Melanau).For many societies the month January signifies a renewal of life. Hence the Spirit of celebration for the regeneration while discarding the old and worn out. On the contrary, the month January coincides with the eleventh month of melanau calendar called Bulan Pemalei (The month of Taboo.) This Month is to remind the tragic killing of a great shaman ( a bebayuh) in ancient times. Hence all activities such as Marriage, fishing, planting or any activities of livelihood are not allowed during this month. It is regarded as a month of ill fortune. Therefore, New Year’s Day"
"changes were not substantial. Repairs were undertaken in 1936 under the supervision of the architects Harold Hughes and William G. Williams. St Mary's is still used for worship by the Church in Wales. A service of Holy Communion (in Welsh) is held on one Sunday afternoon per month between April and September; no services are held during the rest of the year. It is one of five churches in the combined benefice (parishes combined under one priest) of Newborough with Llanidan with Llangeinwen and Llanfair-yn-y-Cymwd. St Mary's is within the deanery of Tindaethwy and Menai, the archdeaconry of Bangor and"
"is called ""maaliskuu"", which is believed to originate from ""maallinen kuu"", during March, earth finally becomes visible under the snow (other etymological theories have however been put forward). In Ukrainian, the month is called ""березень""/""berezenʹ"", meaning ""birch tree"", and březen in Czech. Historical names for March include the Saxon ""Lentmonat"", named after the March equinox and gradual lengthening of days, and the eventual namesake of Lent. Saxons also called March ""Rhed-monat"" or ""Hreth-monath"" (deriving from their goddess ""Rhedam""/""Hreth""), and Angles called it ""Hyld-monath"". In Slovene, the traditional name is ""sušec"", meaning the month when the earth becomes dry enough so"
"Tobi (month) Tobi (, ""Tōbi""), also known as Tybi (, ""Tybí"") and Tubah (), is the fifth month of the Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lies between January 9 and February 7 of the Gregorian calendar. The month of Tobi is also the first month of the season of Proyet (Growth and Emergence) in Ancient Egypt, where the Nile floods recede and the crops start to grow throughout the land of Egypt. The name of the month of Tobi comes from Amso Khem, a form of the Ancient Egyptian God Amun Ra. Toubeh, (the ancient Tobi) : the 5th Coptic"
"as All Saints and All Souls. Since then, Samhain has been popularly seen as the Celtic New Year and an ancient festival of the dead. The calendar of the Celtic League, for example, begins and ends at Samhain. In the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages, Samhain is known as the 'calends of winter'. The Brythonic lands of Wales, Cornwall and Brittany held festivals on 31 October similar to the Gaelic one. In Wales it is ""Calan Gaeaf"", in Cornwall it is Allantide or ""Kalan Gwav"" and in Brittany it is ""Kalan Goañv"". The Manx celebrate Hop-tu-Naa on 31 October,"
"also used in modern Welsh: The ""month day year"" order (for example """") was previously more common, it not being unusual to see a Welsh ""month day year"" date next to an English ""day month year"" date on a bilingual plaque from the latter half of the 20th century. """" is read as with the usual soft mutation of M to F after O (""of""). The year 1999 can be read as either (thousand nine nine nine) or (one nine nine nine). Both the 24-hour and 12-hour notations are used in the United Kingdom: The 24-hour notation is used in"
"""Februarius"" was named after the Latin term ""februum"", which means ""purification"", via the purification ritual ""Februa"" held on February 15 (full moon) in the old lunar Roman calendar. January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. They were added by Numa Pompilius about 713 BC. February remained the last month of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC), when it became the second month. At certain intervals February was truncated to 23 or 24 days, and a 27-day intercalary"