MARCH 2015: Holidays & Special days

[JoGee]

MARCH 2015
Did you Know? March was named for the Roman God "Mars"

Month Celebrations
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Irish-American Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Craft Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Irish American Heritage Month- designated by Congress in 1995.
National Nutrition Month
National Peanut Month
National Women's History Month
Red Cross Month
Save Your Vision Month
Social Workers Month
Week Celebrations:

2nd Week National Bubble Week
2nd Week Crochet Week
Special/Holidays

5. Purim

6. Employee Appreciation Day

8. International Women's' Day
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS

12. World Kidney Day

14. Pi Day (3.14 - the date and the value of Pi)

15. The Ides of March

17. St. Patrick's Day

20. SPRING BEGINS

29. Palm Sunday

30. National Doctors' Day

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[JoGee]

“If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb?”

Is there any truth to this saying??? Weather sayings are as colorful as our imagination. While many sayings are based on careful observations and turn out to be accurate, others are merely rhymes or beliefs of the people who came before us.

Those people often believed that bad spirits could affect the weather adversely, so they were cautious as to what they did or did not do in certain situations. Those beliefs often included ideas that there should be a balance in weather and life. So, if a month came in bad (like a lion), it should go out good and calm (like a lamb).

With March being such a changeable month, in which we can see warm spring-like temperatures or late-season snowstorms, you can understand how this saying might hold true in some instances. We can only hope that if March starts off cold and stormy it will end warm and sunny, but the key word is hope. However, this saying seems be to more of a rhyme rather than a true weather predictor.

Some other March related lore includes:

A dry March and a wet May?Fill barns and bays with corn and hay.

As it rains in March so it rains in June.

March winds and April showers

[JoGee]

Can't make the "edit" feature work.

Add to calendar, on March 5th is the "Full Worm Moon". According to the Farmer's almanac, it's when you should add compost to your garden, to attract beneficial earthworms.
(I don't see earthworms here...wrong soil I guess. I once bought some to add to my garden, and never saw them since. No doubt if the doves didn't get them, they became crispy critters!)

And of course the 20th is the Vernal Equinox as well as the New Moon.