In the Roman calendar March, or Martius, was the first month of the new year. The month was named after Mars, the god of war and the guardian of agriculture. March was the month when both farming and warfare could begin again after winter.
1st March, St David's Day, The Patron St of Wales. The start of meteorological spring.
Upon St David's Day
Put oats and barley in the clay
2nd March, St Chad's Day(Bishop of Northumbria in the 7th Century)
Saint's David and Chad
Sow peas, good or bad.
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| Stained Glass from Holy Cross Monastery New York |
4th March, Shrove Tuesday - Pancakes!
5th March, St Pirans Day and Ash Wednesday
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| Sprinkling of Ashes from a Polish Painting C19 |
6th March, World Book Day
14th March, Full Moon - The Lenten Moon or Plough Moon
17th March, St Patrick's Day. Patron Saint of Ireland and St Joseph of Arimathea.
If St Joseph's Day is clear
We shall have a fertile year.
20th March, Vernal Equinox, the start of Astronomical spring and Ostara, The Pagan festival celebrating Eostre, Goddess of Spring.
21st March, St Benedict's Day (also July 21st)
Whatever the weather on 21st, that weather will stay until 21st June
25th March, Lady Day. The feast of the Annunciation and 1st Quarter day
An east wind on Lady Day
Will keep on 'til the end of May
29th March, Super New Moon and Clocks go Forward Overnight
30th March, Mothering Sunday
It is the first mild day of March:
Each minute sweeter than before,
The redbreast sings from the tall larch
That stands beside our door.
There is a blessing in the air,
Which seems a sense of joy to yield
To the bare trees, and mountains bare,
And grass in the green field.
From ' To My Sister' by William Wordsworth
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