February – Happy, happy birthday, cheers to you!

by | Feb 23, 2021 | Birthdays, February, fun facts, Ruth A. Casie | 0 comments

 

As promised, on the 23rd
of every month I will post a list of literary author birthdays. I came across
the list on Book Lover Gifts website. Feel
free to add your favorite authors special day. Put it in the comments section,
just wait for their birth month.



  • 02 Feb 1882 – James Joyce, author of Ulysses
  • 07 Feb 1812
    – Charles Dickens, author of A Christmas Carol
  • 08 Feb 1828
    – Jules Verne, author of Around the World in Eighty Days
  • 26 Feb 1802
    – Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables

 

February Facts:

  • It is the shortest month of
    the year (even with leap year). The Welsh call February “y mis bach” which
    means “little month.”
  • It is the third month of winter.
  • The word February comes from
    the Latin februum which means purification.
  • Along with January, it was
    the last of the months added to the Roman calendar.
  • The Saxon term for February
    is Sol-monath which means “cake month.” February was the month the Saxons
    offered cakes to the gods.
  • Folklore: If February give
    much snow, a fine summer it doth foreshow.

See you next month!

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