NIELS JØRGEN THØGERSEN
MARCH And all its 31 days Niels Jørgen Thøgersen The month of March is named after the Roman god for war, Mars. In the old Roman calendar until 153 BC March was the first month of the year. In the Nordic countries this month was called THOR MONTH – named after the Nordic god for wars, Thor. A number of old Danish weather warnings are linked to this month: • • • • •
A mild January and an equally mild February will mean a cold March Thunderstorm in March will give snow and cold weather in April Much fog in March will give frost in April and a wet and chilly summer Swallows in March mean a warm summer March is never worse than it brings at least 9 good days
See more about the names of the 12 months: http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/origin_months.html MARCH 1 TODAY’s NAME: Today’s name in ALBINUS DAY. He was a bishop in Angers in France. He could wake up the dead and make blind people see again. He died around 550, and already in 556 a Christian church was named after him. TODAY’s EVENT: 1872: The Yellowstone Park in the US was established.