I'm just gonna throw in the bit of historical trivia that the ancient (pre-Republic) Roman calendar *didn't have months* for January and February -- that whole time of year was just called "winter" ("hiems") and not worth keeping track of until the Kalends of Marchhttps://twitter.com/Hal_Duncan/status/1315751438673379336 …
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It was considered a time for "spring cleaning" and the Februa itself was this blood sacrifice ritual to purge the built-up bad luck and evil spirits haunting the city from the previous year in hopes of a clean slate It wasn't really a sexy time of year
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Where does the Catholic feast day of Saint Valentine factor in?
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St. Valentine was martyred literally a thousand years before English people came up with the "Valentine's Day" tradition, and no one said anything about him having anything to do with sex/romance/marriage before then, so it also doesn't really factor in
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Februa has to be pronounced Febyuah and you can't convince me otherwise.
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But I really wish we could bring back the strips of goat flesh
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