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Historical names for February include the Anglo-saxon terms Solmonath (mud month) and Kale-monath (cabbage month).
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Historical names for February include the Anglo-saxon terms Solmonath (mud month) and Kale-monath (cabbage month).
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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February is called Solmonath; March Hrethmonath; April, Eosturmonath … Eosturmonath has a name which is now translated "Paschal month" and which was once called after a goddess of theirs named Eostre, in whose honour feasts were celebrated in that month.
unknown title 2009
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So Solmonath can be prosaically translated as ‘Mud Month’, which, as anyone who has ever walked across a ploughed field or tried to dig a vegetable garden at this time of year can tell you, is entirely appropriate to the usual weather.
Archive 2008-02-01 Carla 2008
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It is worth noting that he says Solmonath “can be called” the month of cakes, which may indicate that “month of cakes” was an informal name like a nickname, or that the month could have several names.
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Solmonath can be called “month of cakes”, which they offered to their gods in that month.
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The second month of the year, corresponding roughly with the Roman and modern month of February, was called Solmonath.
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The second month of the year, corresponding roughly with the Roman and modern month of February, was called Solmonath.
Archive 2008-02-01 Carla 2008
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So Solmonath can be prosaically translated as ‘Mud Month’, which, as anyone who has ever walked across a ploughed field or tried to dig a vegetable garden at this time of year can tell you, is entirely appropriate to the usual weather.
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Some people have suggested that ‘sol’ should be translated as ‘earth’ or ‘soil’ rather than ‘mud’, and so Solmonath might have a less prosaic meaning, perhaps more like ‘Earth Month’ or ‘month when the earth was honoured’.
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