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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