Origin of the Names of the Months

• January: Janus, Roman god of doors, beginnings, sunset and sunrise, had one face looking forward and one backward,
• February: On February 15 the Romans celebrated the festival of forgiveness for sins; (februare, Latin to purify),
• March: Mars, the Roman god of war,
• April: Roman month Aprilis, perhaps derived from aperire, (Latin to open, as in opening buds and blossoms) or perhaps from Aphrodite, original Greek name of Venus,
• May: Maia, Roman goddess, mother of Mercury by Jupiter and daughter of Atlas,
• June: Juno, chief Roman goddess,
• July: Renamed for Julius Caesar in 44 BC, who was born this month; Quintilis, Latin for fifth month, was the former name (the Roman year began in March rather than January),
• August: Formerly Sextilis (sixth month in the Roman calendar); re-named in 8 BC for Augustus Caesar,
• September: September, (septem, Latin for 7) the seventh month in the Julian or Roman calendar, established in the reign of Julius Caesar,
• October: Eighth month (octo, Latin for 8) in the Julian (Roman) calendar. The Gregorian calendar instituted by Pope Gregory XIII established January as the first month of the year,
• November: Ninth Roman month (novem, Latin for 9). Catholic countries adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, skipping 10 days that October, correcting for too many leap years,
• December: Julian (Roman) year's tenth month (decem, Latin for 10)

I suppose then that this is the month of MARS.


God help us....



*and you thot scotty was going to post it first!
I'm on top of that and fishing too....


Now I can be happy
(Picture a wolf curled around it's tail and snoring)

"Something smells like butthole" it wonderezzz...

Must be mine - waggezzz tail

 

Good Morning TN!

Happy New Month and Tuesday!

 

Do you scan all of the chapters to see when they wake up?

It ain't fair - you git up earlier than we do.

(I ought to bite him, but he from the big cities and might like it)

WOOF!

Early riser bee-otch...

 

Morning Dutch, your up mighty early too!

 

Good morning TN on the way to the base.
Have a great tuesday!

 

Good morning TN...Happy March!!!

 

Hey Ken.
And Steve......... Dutch is early cuz that is when he has to call and check in with his parole officer! HAHAHA

 

Good morning Tennessee, March has arrived! And that means, one month closer to....


SUMMER!!

 

Good morning and welcome to March Tennessee!

Hope everyone has a blessed month...where is the year going already! lol

Joe.

 

Rog that Joe and back at ya fella! This is indeed a blessed month as I was born in it! HAHAHA

 

Well Happy Early Birthday!...looks like you are a Vernal Equinox (depending on year of course) birthday baby?...Pat should LOVE you because you ring in SPRING!!!

 

Yeah my b-day is march 20th which is first day of spring on most years except for leap year.

 

Good morning. Have a great March and terrific Tuesday TN.

 

Hey Jim, glad to see you aboard. Have a good one.

 

Thanks Scott. Sunny day here.