Interesting Date - February aka Mud Month
In Anglo Saxon times, the second month of the year, corresponding roughly with the Roman (and modern) month of February, was called Solmonath.
(‘Monath’ is the Old English word for a month, and the direct ancestor of our modern English word ‘month’. ‘Sol’ is the Old English word for ‘mud’, so Solmonath meant ‘Mud Month’, which is very appropriate given the British weather at this time of year. According to Dictionary.com a lesser-used term was Kale-monath, which meant “cabbage month.” I guess that reflected the wonderful English cuisine of the time.)
(‘Monath’ is the Old English word for a month, and the direct ancestor of our modern English word ‘month’. ‘Sol’ is the Old English word for ‘mud’, so Solmonath meant ‘Mud Month’, which is very appropriate given the British weather at this time of year. According to Dictionary.com a lesser-used term was Kale-monath, which meant “cabbage month.” I guess that reflected the wonderful English cuisine of the time.)