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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS AND BLESSED NEW YEAR TO YOU !
Blywyddyn Newydd Dda, Xin nian yu kuai, Godt Nytår, Gelukkig nieuwjaar , Bonne année, Aith-bhliain Fe Nhaise Dhui, Gutes Neues Jahr, Hauoli Makahiki Hou, Shanah tovah , Buon Capo d'Anno, Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu, Godt Nyttår, Maligayang Bagong Tao , Szczesliwego Nowego roku, Feliz ano novo, La Multi Ani, S Novym Godom , Feliz Año Nuevo
JANUARY is brought to you by the Spike, Saints Coordination Committee,the Birthday Lady and thanks to Brownielocks.com.
January is Apple, Apricot, Artichoke, Asparagus, Bath Safety, Be on Purpose, Celebration of Life, Creativity, Cervical Cancer Screening, Financial Wellness, Family Fitness, get Organized, Lose Weight and Feel Great, Be on Purpose, Creativity, New Years Resolutions Month fro Business, Quality of Life, Cleanup your Computer, Glaucoma awareness, Thyroid Awareness, High Tech, Hot Tea, Learn to Ski and Snowboard, Mail Order Gardening, Oatmeal, Personal Self Defense, Shape up US, Soup, Radon Action, Reach your potential, Walk your Pet, Oatmeal, Returns, Monitoring and Self Defense Month
1 Commemoration of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus
 UNIVERSAL HOUR OF PRAYER FOR PEACE 
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY. FREELANCE MONOTHEIST*****
Feast of St. Basil the Great, Patron of Russia and Hospital admins. A learned man with great personal holiness.
Asarah B’Tevet - Jewish Holiday of fasting and mourning when Nebuchadnezzar lay siege to Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple.
Hogmany (UK)
“First Footing” in the UK (Are you a dark haired person who will carry a lump of coal, bread, money or greenery to someone for good luck?)
Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
New Years Day Parade, Parliament Square, London
Mummer’s Parade, Philadelphia
Euro Day
Ellis Island Day
Polar Bear Plunge Day/Swim Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear_plunge
BBC began programming in 1927
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) formed in 1832 in Lexington, KY
Bad Hangover Day
2 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIR KEVIN *****
Commemoration of Gregory Nazianzen, 389
Happy MEW Year for Cats Day
3 "Momento Mori" Day – "remember you die"
Start your 'New Years Resolutions" Day
J.R.R. TOLKEIN Day
4 Earth at Perilhelion
Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, founder of the American congregation of the Sisters of Charity, who established the Sisters of Charity, who established St. Vincent Hospital and Orphanage in the 19th century.
Feast of Simon Stylites
Trivia Day
5 Eve of the Theophany (Epiphany) Orthodox
6 Feast of Three Kings / Epiphany / Twelfth Nigh
Conversion of Charles H. Spurgeon, 1850
7 A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR ORTHODOX SHIPMATES
Plough Monday
Straw Bear festival
St Distaff’s Day
7-10 Elvis’ Birthday Celebration Week
8 Happy Birthday to Elvis Presley
National English Toffee Day
8-31 London International Mime Festival
9 Stephen Foster Day
World Nerd Day
National Clean Off your Desk Day
10 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADRIENNE *****
Cut your energy costs day
Organize your home day
The London Underground began operating, 1863
11 CIGARETTES ARE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH DAY !!
Learn your name in Morse Code Day
12 Feast of Alfred of Rievaulx, abbot
13 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEDIJUDY, Jedi Sister! *****
Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, 367
Commemoration of George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends
Public Broadcasting Day
14 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BALAAM *****
Happy New Year to our Orthodox shipmates !
Feast of the Ass (France) celebrating the flight into Egypt
ORGANIZE YOUR HOME DAY
Dress up your pet day
15 Feast of Wulstan, bishop
16 Feast of Antony of Egypt, 356
Appreciate a DRAGON Day (Just for you, oh, Welsh one!)
World NOTHING Day (?)
Religious Freedom Day
17 Scott reaches the South Pole, 1912
Polar Bear/Jump off Festival and Swim, Seward, Alaska (Cancer Fundraiser)
18 A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US !
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROSSWEISSE *****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FIRENZE *****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TO YE OLDE MOTHERBOARDE *****
National Sanctity of Human Life Day / Pro Life Day
Rid the world of Fad diets and Gimmicks Day
18-24 Week of Christian Unity
19 Commemoration of Canute, King of Denmark
Feast of St. Fabian, martyr
NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE (find some volunteer work you can do today and DO IT!
World Day of Migrants and Refugees
World Religion Day
19-23 NO NAME CALLING week
20 Feast of St. Sebastian. Patron of archers, athletes, doctors, hardware, police and soldiers, invoked against plague. Born in Italy, a soldier in the Roman army where he converted others to Christianity, but after discovered was shot with arrows and martyred.
World Religion Day
21 Feast of St. Agnes, martyr, 304 when unmarried girls who wished to dream of their future husbands would perform certain tasks
National HUGGING Day
Martin Luther King Day
22 Feast of Vincent of Zaragosa, patron of charitable societies, hospital workers, prisoners and vintners. Tortured and died in prison when he refused to surrender the sacred books of the church
Celebration of Life Day
23 Feast of Saint Ildefonso. Archbishop, and Doctor of the church
Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
Women's Healthy Weight Day
24 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALWYN *****
Feast of St. Frances de Sales, patron of Catholic press, editors, journalists and writers. Invoked against deafness. Founded schools and along with St Frances de Chantal, founded the order of the Visitation.
25 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMANDA B RECKONDWYTHE *****
Commemoration of the Conversion of St. Paul
Burn's Night, Edinburgh, Scotland
St. Dwynwen’s Day, the Welsh Saint of Lovers
Macintosh Computer Day (first Mac sold 30 years ago)
Speak up and succeed day
National Compliment Day
25-31 CLEAN OUT YOUR INBOX WEEK!
26 Feast of Timothy and Titus, disciples of Paul
100th Anniversary of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Australia Day (AUS)
Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement
27 Mozart born in 1756
Holocaust Memorial Day
Auschwitz Liberation and Holocaust Memorial Day for the Commemoration of Holocaust Victims
Thomas Crapper Day
28 Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, patron of scholars, theologians. His teachings have become the basis of modern Catholic theology.
29 Curmudgeon’s Day
30 Festival of King Charles, 1649
Inane Telephone Answering Machine Messages day
Feast of St. Aidan
Feast of St. John Bosco
Bubblewrap Appreciation Day
yaD sdrawkcaB
Hell is Freezing Over Day
(You always wondered when this would happen, didn't you?)
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Welease Woderwick
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I've put the other one down, Loth, so only one now. Thanks for spotting it.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Huia
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Yay for bath safety month. Maybe I should take an unbreakable mug of tea to drink in my bath instead of the glass of wine I was planning.
Huia
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Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.
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Arabella Purity Winterbottom
Trumpeting hope
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Or put the wine in the unbreakable mug.
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Hell is full of the talented and Heaven is full of the energetic. St Jane Frances de Chantal
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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...or just get a long straw.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Polly Plummer
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Glad to see that we don't have to start New Year's resolutions until the 3rd: another chance at the ones I didn't manage today!
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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Happy Birthday to all my Birthday Sisters!
Firenze and Rossweisse, have a great birthday.
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In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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Many happy returns, ladies! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
Ship's Mother and Singing Quilter
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FEBRUARY is brought to you by the Spike, Saints Coordination Committee, Dolphy, the Birthday Lady and thanks to Brownielocks.com.
It is CHOCOLATE Month! (And can we ever get enough chocolate??) and Spunky Old Broads Month.
It is also, American Heart, International Friendship, American History, Avocado and Banana, Bake for family Fun, Beans, Black History, National Cherry Pie, Bake for Family Fun, Fabulous Florida Strawberry, Grapefruit, Hot Breakfast, Mend a broken heart, Pet Dental Health, Wise Health Care Consumer, Potato Lovers Month, National Crime Prevention, Women's Heart Health, National World Understanding, Parent Leadership, Boost your Self Esteem, Expect Success, Library Lover's, National Hobby, Marfan Syndrome Awareness, Marijuana Awareness, National Wild Bird Feeding, Pull your sofa off the wall, Cat Health Awareness, Responsible Pet Owner's, National Snack Food Month, Wedding, Youth Leadership and SPUNKY OLD BROADS Month!
1 NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY
Shipmates, THANK GOD for the freedom
we have in our own countries,
and the freedom we have in CHRIST
Feast of St. Brighid. Patroness of milkmaids, fugitives, newborns and nuns. Her parents were baptized by St. Patrick and she was a good friend of his. Founded a monastery at Kildare, Ireland.
Imbolic
Death of Edgar Allan Poe
SPUNKY OLD BROADS DAY ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Working Naked Day
Superbowl XLIX in Glendale, AZ
********** CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD DAY! ***********
(after all these break-ins by hackers, PLEASE, PLEASE keep safe!)
1-7 Boy Scout Anniversary Week
2 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSEPHINE*****
Presentation of the Lord, Candlemas
If Candlemas be fair and bright, come,
Winter, have another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
go Winter, and come not again.
Crepe Day, La Chandeleur and Fete de Lumiere (France)
Groundhog Day http://www.groundhog.org
Marmot Day
No talk day
Dia de la Constiticion (Mexico)
3 Feast of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr
Feast of St. Ansgar, bishop
“The Day the Music Died Day” (plane crash of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Big Bopper)
National Carrot Cake Day
Bubble Gum Day
Dump your Significant Jerk Week
4 Tu B’Shavat - Jewish ‘New Year of Trees’ an ecological awareness day, in which trees are planted in celebration.
Facebook’s Birthday
World Cancer Day
USO Day
Give Kids a Smile Day
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Homemade Soup Day
Liberace Day
Thank a Mailman or Mailwoman Day
5 Feast of St. Agatha, virgin and martyr
Chocolate Fondue Day
Diabetes Sunday
6 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOO*****
Girl Scout Cookie Day
Pay a Compliment Day
Feast of Felipe de Jesus, patron of Mexico and youth.
Feast of Sts. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs
7 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONYK*****
Gambit Meet, the Jugged Hare, Vauxhall Bridge Rd. London
Man Day
Feast of St. Jerome Emiliani
Send a card to a friend day
7-13 Dump your Significant Other Week
8 Boy Scout Anniversary Day
Laugh and Grow Rich day
9 National STOP BULLYING! Day
Royal Hobart Regatta, Tasmania
9-15 Random Acts of Kindness Week http://www.amnesty.ie/friendshipweek
10 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIGLET ******
Feast of St. Scholastica
National Plimsoll Day / Umbrella Day
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day/Extraterrestrial Culture Day
11 Clean Out your Computer Day
Satisfied Staying Single Day
World Day of the Sick
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
12 Lincoln's Birthday (US)
Chocolate Day !!
Darwin Day http://darwinday.org/about/
13-29 March Cricket World Cup begins
14 HAPPY ST. VALENTINE'S DAY ! Shipmates!
Feast of St Valentine, patron of lovers, the martyrdom of 3 saints called Valentine are celebrated on this day.
World Marriage Day
Library Lovers Day
Hug Day
Have a Heart Day
National Organ Donor Day
15 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BARREA!*****
Kissing Friday, also Nippy Hug Day
(when men can kiss the woman of their choice)
Feast of St. Cyril, monk
Feast of St. Methodius, bishop, patron of Europe
Canadian Flag Day
Burger Lovers Day
Susan B. Anthony Day
Lupercalia
16 President’s Day (US)
Clean Monday (Orthodox)
Collop Day/Peasen Monday which is the day before Shrove Tuesday, the consumption of eggs (or Peas) in the form of pancakes (to use them up before the fasting period of Lent), meat was eaten on Collop Monday as collops are chunks of meat
17 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY,GRACIOUS REBEL!*****
MARDIS GRAS!
Shrove Tuesday
International Pancake Day / Paczki Day
"My Way" Day
17-18 Westminster Dog Show, New York City
18 ASH WEDNESDAY Beginning of Lent
TRIPLE BIRTHDAY!
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOPHS *****
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMPBELLITE*****
***** HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, NORTH EAST QUINE *****
Feast of St. Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome
Death of MARTIN LUTHER, Monk and Reformer of the Church
Pluto Day (for people in New Mexico, it is STILL a planet! And here I was, thinking Pluto was a Disney character!)
Battery Day (Volta’s Birthday)
National DRINK WINE Day! (on the first day of Lent?)
19 CHINESE NEW YEAR of the Goat
Temporary Insanity Day
Mint Chocolate Day
20 Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
Love your pet Day
World Day for Social Justice
21 Feast of St. Peter Damien, bishop and Doctor of the Church
22 DOUBLE BIRTHDAY!
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARRIETTY*****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARYS *****
George Washington's Birthday (US)
The DAYTONA 500 RACE, Daytona, Florida
The 87th Academy Awards, Los Angeles, CA
Walking the Dog Day
23 Feast of St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr
The flag was raised at Iwo Jima Day
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
24 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DYFRIG *****
Feast of St. Matthias, disciple chosen to replace Judas
Spay Day USA
Flag Day/Dia de la Bandera (Mexico)
National Cupcake Day (Canada)
National Tortilla Chip Day
Obnoxious Day
Cuddle Day
25 BRIT AWARDS, O2, London www.brits.co.uk
Inconvenience yourself Day
26 National Chili Day
Levi Strauss Day
27 National Day of Action (Peace Corps) http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/advocacy/dayofaction/
27-2 March US Snow Shoe Days
28 National Tooth Fairy Day
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Spike
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References to Boy Scouts are USA specific. We don't have "Boy Scouts" here in the UK. They're known simply as "Scouts.
We've never had "Girl Scouts" in this country either.
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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing
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"5 Diabetes Sunday" - on a Thursday?
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Polly Plummer
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When I was a Guide I used to think it was a shame there was only one day a year for thinking!
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Kelly Alves
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Let the good times roll!
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Motherboarde! You must have spotted me posting about my 25th wedding anniversary on the Praise board last year, and you've included my wedding anniversary in this thread this year.
That is so kind! Thank you!
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Hmmm. I thought we had a policy of not including wedding anniversaries on this thread.
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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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I love you Spike, yes, I slipped up, again.....(.I'm obviously still a poster in training). ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
It was my 11th anniversary on the 21st and I didn't mention that.
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In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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March is brought to you by Spike, the Saints Coordination Committee, Brownielocks.com and the Birthday Lady
March is American Red Cross Month, Deaf History, Irish-American Heritage, Music in our Schools, Colo-rectal Cancer Awareness, Caffeine, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Berry and Cherry, Craft, Eye Donor, Irish American Heritage, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness, Kidney, Nutrition, Social Work, Women's History, Sing with your child, Spring break, Optimism, Play the recorder, Poison Prevention, Save your vision, Social Work, Eye Health Month.
March Sayings:
“When March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb”
“A dry March and a wet May, fill barns with corn and hay”
“As it rains in March, so it rains in June”
“March winds and April showers, bring forth May flowers”
Happy Feast of St. David, patron saint of Wales
Gwyl Dewi Happus abendithion dros benichigyd.
Dewi Sant, gweddia drosom!
to Simon, Gill H, Hugal, Rosemary, Carys, Dyfrig, Welsh Dragon, Seasick, Trisagion, Rev Per Minute, Manda, Psyduck, Pants, Birdie, and other WELSH shipmates.
1 143rd Anniversary of America’s First Park - Yellowstone Park
Beer Day
Pig Day
Peace Corps Birthday
Stop the Bad Service Day!
Professional Salesperson's Day
Employee Appreciation Day
1-7 National Procrastination Week
2 Feast of St. Chad (Cedde), Bishop of Lichfield
Commemoration of John and Charles Wesley
Labour Day, Western Australia
Dr. Seuss's birthday
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
3 Feast of St. Non (Nonnita)
National Anthem Singing Day-(the Star Spangled Banner becomes the US National Anthem)
I want to be happy day
4 Feast of St. Casimir
TA’NIT Esther - three-day fast observed by the Jewish people before Purim - celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia.
Vivaldi's Birthday
Birthday of Cadbury’s Chocolates (1824)
March Forth and Do Something Day
Hug a GI Day
Pet Sitters Day
5 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LORD PONTIVILLIAN *****
Feast of PURIM-celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia
Feast of St. Piran, Cornwall
Mother in Law day (I’m one, are you?)
5-8 Crufts Dog Show, NEC, Birmingham
6 ****** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ST. EVERILD *****
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
Feast of Saint Collette of Corbie
Michaelangelo’s Birthday
Casmimir Pulaski Day in Illinois (for Mamacita!)
Oreo Cookie’s Birthday (1912)
Dentist's Day
Return all those “borrowed books” week
7 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUGAL *****
Commemoration of Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church
Feast of St. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs
Peace Corps Day
Middle Name Pride Day/Unique Names Day
Monopoly Day
7-15 IDITAROD RACE begins
8 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS SPRING AHEAD!
Commemoration of Edward King, Bishop
International Working Woman's Day
Feast of St. John of God
Uppity Women Day
Learn what your name means day
9 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOAN RASCH *****
Feast of Francis of Rome
Feast of St. Cyril and Methodius
Commemoration of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa
Labour Day, Victoria, Australia and Victoria
Get over it Day
10 Commemoration of Balthaser Hubmaier, reformer
Simnel Sunday, (4th Sunday in Lent when Simnel Cakes are eaten), UK
Salvation Army Day
11 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WELEASE WODERICK *****
Commonwealth Day, Westminster Abbey
Organize your home office day
12 Feast of St Gregory, Pope
Girl Scout Birthday Day
13 Pluto is a Planet Day in New Mexico
World Kidney Day
14 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUGUSTINE THE ALEUT *****
Check your batteries Day
PI Day Pi Day is a holiday commemorating the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 (or 3/14 in month/day date format), since 3, 1 and 4 are the three most significant digits of π in the decimal form.
15 THE IDES OF MARCH assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC
Buzzards Day - Buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio
16 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMMA LOUISE*****
Goddard Day (of course named for Ancient Mariner!)
Mothering Sunday UK
The Feast of St. Urho, patron of Finland
Lips Appreciation Day
Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day
16-22 Shakespeare Week
17 The Feast of St. Patrick
Campfire Girls Day
18 **** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EIGON *****
Sun-Earth Day
Feast of Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor
Commemoration of St. Edward, King of the West Saxons
Commemoration of Anselm
Forgive your Mother and Dad Day
19 The Feast of St. Joseph, carpenter
The Swallows return to Capistrano Day
National Quilting Day
20 Vernal Equinox - WELCOME SPRING!
Proposal Day / Kiss your fiance’ day
Feast of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindsfarne, 687
International Astrology Day
Alien Abduction Day (started in Toronto at the Toronto Alien Festival)
20-22 Sherlock Holmes Weekend
21 Feast of Thomas Cramner, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr, 1556
Feast of St. Benedict, abbot
International Day of Forest and the Tree
National Common Courtesy Day
Single Parents Day
Flower Day
Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination
22 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEROFF *****
Feast of Johnathan Edwards
International Goof Off Day!
World Day for Water
22-28 Consider Christianity Week
23 World Meteorological Day
24 Feast of Gabriel, Archangel, patron of postal and telephone workers
Harry Houdini Day
25 Feast of the Annunciation
The TICHBORNE DOLE day is one of the eccentric British traditions and dates back to the thirteenth century given to the poor by the family.
Heathrow Airport opened in 1948
International Day for the remembrance of Victims of Slavery
J. R. Tolkein Reading Day
Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland
26 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICOLEMR *****
Richard the Lionhearted fatally wounded in France
Legal Assistants Day
Quirky Country Music Song Title Day
Make up your own holiday day
27 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, REV PER MINUTE *****
KICK BUTTS DAY - Stop Smoking!
28 Weed Appreciation Day ???
Earth Hour Day www.earthhour.org
29 BRITISH SUMMER TIME BEGINS - Spring Ahead 1 hour!
***** PALM SUNDAY *****
Beginning of Holy Week
Coca-Cola was introduced in 1886
30 Death of the Queen Mum (2002)
Honesty Day
31 Commemoration of John Donne
Eiffel Tower is officially opened in 1889
Commemoration of Francis Asbury, Bishop
Orange’s and Lemon’s Children’s Service at St Clements Dane
Here's The Old Nursery Rhyme:
Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St Clement’s
You owe me five farthings, Say the bells of St Martin’s
When will you pay me? Say the bells of Old Bailey
When I grow rich, Say the bells of Shoreditch
When will that be? Say the bells of Stepney
I’m sure I don’t know, Says the great bell at Bow
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head
Chop, chop, chop, chop, the last man’s head!
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A slight hiccough has occurred, the 10th March is a Tuesday and therefore cannot be the 4th Sunday in Lent. Having checked with The Independent and the more customary BBC page, I think you are five days early.
I know most inconsiderate of these Christians to have festivals that are set by the moon and the day of the week rather than being strictly calendrical.
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16 March would make it Mothering Monday
11 March is UK National No Smoking Day
(We also have World Book Day on 5 March and Red Nose Day on 13 March)
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16th March is indeed a Monday. Mothering Sunday is on the 15th. I would also point out that Mothering Sunday isn't just in the UK as stated. It's a worldwide festival in the church calendar.
March the 8th may well be the beginning of Daylight Saving Time in the USA, but not necessarily in other parts of the world
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The Ides of March also mark my 40th wedding anniversary.
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Today used to be St Non's Day.
The Church in Wales now mark it this Thursday 5th March
(St Non, mother of St David)
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I need to start screaming....
I look at Time and date on multiple UK sites and they mess me up every time.
Spike, would you change some things for me?
I'm going to go out and scream now.
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Chastmastr,
I've asked my darling Spike to change it, so if will be on the list.
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Aha! Since he's not posted in so long (which he is eager to change once he gets his password sent to his current e-mail address) he is not eligible for a birthday mention this time. But next year!
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quote:
Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
I need to start screaming....
I look at Time and date on multiple UK sites and they mess me up every time.
Spike, would you change some things for me?
I'm going to go out and scream now.
Why not just link to an online almanac (or small set of almanacs) and have shipmates post their own birthdays as they come up ?
It looks like this thread must be quite onerous for you to maintain.
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Originally posted by Doublethink.:
quote:
Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
I need to start screaming....
I look at Time and date on multiple UK sites and they mess me up every time.
Spike, would you change some things for me?
I'm going to go out and scream now.
Why not just link to an online almanac (or small set of almanacs) and have shipmates post their own birthdays as they come up ?
It looks like this thread must be quite onerous for you to maintain.
Sounds like a plan. Let's give it a try!
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FWIW
Almanac & Calendar List
[Edited Link -T]
[ 15. March 2015, 21:13: Message edited by: Tubbs ]
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Doublethink, you made my day.
I'm throwing out my 'go to' websites for these new ones. I've never heard of Panchangam, but I will look it up.
Thanks.
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MB, rather than using the Almanacs to pick out dates to create a list, how about posting links to the Almanacs but letting Shipmates select the Feast Days from them they want to highlight? Less work / stress for you as well as for the All Saints Hosts - – Win!
Also, if Shipmates want their birthday / anniversary or any other day of note mentioned on that thread, then they post it. No post, no mention. Less work for you and also helps keep the thread current. Less editing for the All Saints Hosts – Win!
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So it's St Patrick's day - *waves to various Irish shipmates* - I don't get why it celebrates the day he was enslaved though. Surely, if some one was going hold a celebration in your honour you'd want it the day you were freed ?
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It isn't the day he was enslaved. It's supposed to be the day he died.
A Happy St Patrick's Day to all, btw.
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Originally posted by Ariel:
A Happy St Patrick's Day to all, btw.
And a peaceful and pain-free day after St Patrick's Day too.
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Originally posted by Ariel:
It isn't the day he was enslaved. It's supposed to be the day he died.
It's also the day I was confirmed (in Ireland). Have a good one, everybody!
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APRIL is brought to you by Spike, the Saints Coordination Committee, Brownielocks.com, and the Birthday Lady.
April is Autism Awareness, ASPCA, Cancer Control, Couple Appreciation, Car Care, Card and Letter writing, Child Abuse, Defeat Diabetes, Frog, Fair Housing, Financial Literacy, Grilled Cheese, Holy Humor, Home Improvement, I.B.S., Jazz Appreciation, Decorating, DNA, Genomics and Stem Cell Education, Donate Life, National Garden, Kite, Occupational Therapy, Parkinson’s Awareness, Poetry, Pet, Poetry, Soy Foods, Prevent Animal Cruelty, Rosacea Awareness, Stress Awareness, Straw Hat, Women’s Eye Health, Workplace Conflict Awareness and School Spirit, Worldwide bereaved spouse awareness Month.
1 *****THE SHIP OF FOOLS FOUNDED 1998 *****
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHIP OF FOOLS!
April Fool’s Day / All Fools Day
Huntingwowk Day (Scotland)
April Noddy Day (UK)
Feast of Fools (France)
St. Stupid Day http://www.saintstupid.com/event.html#newz
Atheist Day
Poetry and Creative Mind Day
Tongue Twister Day
National Fun at Work day
2 MAUNDY THURSDAY
****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAHLOVE *****
Feast of St. Francis of Paola, Hermit
Death of John Paul II (2005)
World Autism Day
PB & J Day
3 GOOD FRIDAY
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MIFFY *****
Hot Cross Bun service at St Batholomew the Great, Smithfield, London at 11:30
Midgeley Egg Play at Calder Valley, West Yorks
Commemoration of Richard of Chichester, Bishop of Chichester
Tweed Day
Walk to work Day
4 HOLY SATURDAY
Feast of St. Isidore, Bishop and Doctor, Patron of Librarians and of the Internet.
National Love our Children Day
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King (1968)
School Librarian Day
Vitamin C Day
4-11 PASSOVER - celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt
5 HAPPY EASTER
Bona Pasqua, Pask Lowen, Vesele’ Velikonoce, God paske, Joyeuses paques, Frohe Ostern, Chag Pascha same’ach, Buona Pasqua, Fukkatsu-sai omedeto gozaimasu, Prospera Pascha sit, Wesolych swiat wielkanocynych, Wesolego Alleluja!, Xristos voskres, voistinu voskres, A’Chaisg sona, Felices Pascuas!, Pasq Hapus
Daffodil Sunday
Daylight Savings Time ends (Australia)
National Deep Dish Pizza Day
6 EASTER MONDAY
***** DOUBLE BIRTHDAY! *****
****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRITS*****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INGOB *****
Egg Rolling across the country
Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking, Leicestershire
London Harness Parade, London
World Coal Carrying Festival, Gawthorpe, Yorks
New Beers Eve Day (end of prohibition)
Tartan Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_Day
Hostess Twinkie Day
Army Day
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martyr, Lutheran pastor, theologian, Anti-Nazi
Feast of St. John Baptist de la Salle, patron of school teachers
World Day of Prayer for Vocation
Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting for the Addicted
Dyngus Day
7 Hocktide Festival, Hungerford, Berks
Dick Turpin is hanged at Tyburn
National Beer Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Beer's_Eve
8 Pablo Picasso died
9 Winston Churchill Day
Be Kind to Lawyers Day
National Cherish an Antique Day
9-12 The Masters Golf Tournament (US)
10 GOOD FRIDAY (Orthodox)
Salvation Army Founders Day
Golfers Day
National Sibling Day
ASPCA DAY
11 HOLY SATURDAY (Orthodox)
Cheese Fondue Day
Birth of George Augustus Selwyn, First Bishop of New Zealand (1878)
Barbershop Quartet Day
National Pet Day
12 ORTHODOX EASTER Kaló Páscha, Christos Anesti
D.E.A.R. (Drop everything and READ) Day
Walk on your Wild side
Tax Freedom Day
Licorice Day
13 Blame Someone Else Day
Scrabble Day
Vote Lawyers out of office Day
Feast of St. Martin, Pope and Martyr
14 St. Tiburtius Day, martyr
National Dolphin Day (Here’s to you, Dolphy!)
International Moment of Laughter Day
15 Income Tax Deadline Day (US)
World Art Day
Birthday of Leonardo Da Vinci
16 Feast of St. Bernadette, patron saint of shepherds, witness of miracle of Fatima
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
World Grits Day (Is it FAIR that she gets TWO DAYS for herself this month?!)
National Library Day
Teach your daughter to volunteer
17 Ellis Island Family History Day/Family History Day
National Stress Awareness Day
Bat Appreciation Day (Emergence from hibernation)
Haiku Poetry Day
18 HUSBAND APPRECIATION DAY
International Amateur Radio Day
Wear your P.J.s to work day
Stress Awareness Day
Rekindle your romance day
Adult Autism Day
18-26 American National Park Week
19 Primrose Day - A Commemoration of Disraeli by Queen Victoria
Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (1012)
Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day
20 London Harness Horse Parade, Ardingly, West Sussex
Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking, (an unruly rugby game between Hallaton and Medbourne) in Hallaton
World Coal Carrying Championship, Gawthorpe
Husband Appreciation Day
21 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QLIB*****
Real Birthday of Queen Elizabeth 2
Feast of St. Anselm, Bishop and Doctor
Secretary’s Day
Clergy Day
22 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THURIBLE*****
Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day)
Mother Earth Day
“In God We Trust” Day
National Jelly Bean day
23 Feast of St. George, Martyr, and Patron Saint of England, patron of horses, equestrians, farmers, Boy Scouts, invoked against plague and leprosy
TALK LIKE SHAKESPEARE DAY! FORSOOTH!
Shakespeare’s Birth and Death
451st ANNIVERSARY OF SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY
23-25 The Gathering of the Nations, PowWow and Dance Contest in Albuquerque, New Mexico
24 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WESLEY J*****
Feast of St. Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr,
Feast of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
Class 2 Day for the Seven Martyred Melanesian Brothers (2003)
25 ANZAC DAY
Spring Astronomy Day
Arbor Day
Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist
DNA was discovered
Red Hat Society Day
National Hairball Awareness Day
26 DOUBLE BIRTHDAY !
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SNOWGOOSE*****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMORYA *****
HUG AN AUSTRALIAN DAY
Do Dah Day (Pasadena, California) http://pasadenadoodahparade.info
Pretzel Day
National Herb Day
25-26 Just Pray NO! Worldwide Weekend Of Prayer
27 Eeyore’s birthday
National teach your children to save day
Feast of St. Zita, patroness of servants, housemaids, invoked to find lost keys
28 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WELSH DRAGON *****
Biological Clock Day
Kiss Day / Kiss your Mate Day
Feast of Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Patron of Europe
Puppetry Day (bring your sock puppets?)
29 National Dance Day
30 Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
International Guide Dogs Day
National Animal Advocacy Day
Dia de los Ninos / Dia de los Libros Day
Walpurgis Night-Celebration of Spring in (Europe add Scandanavia) with bonfires and carnivals
Beltane
National Honesty Day (aka Honest Abe Day)
Bugs Bunny Day
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHIP OF FOOLS!
That's the date the website started. Ship of Fools had been around for a long time before that.
I should also point out that the correct title is simply "Ship of Fools" - there's no "The" in the title.
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Apparently today, April 14, is International Be Kind to Lawyers Day.
I'm a non-practising lawyer, but am still willing to receive gifts of chocolate.
Don't all rush.
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I used to work for a firm of lawyers, and I think it would have been more appropriate for them to have a "be kind to your typist" day".
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Is this the observance you were referring to, Ruth?
Sadly, our URL links don't like apostrophes. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Piglet, AS host
PS I think Administrative Professionals' Day is an excellent idea.
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Today (the 14th) is National Library Workers Day. My evil lords and masters gave us all tee shirts to celebrate. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
National Library Workers Day
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Motherboard has been a little bit busy........sorry!
May is brought to you by Spike, the Saints Coordination Committee, Brownielocks and the Birthday Lady
MAY is ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Arthritis Awareness, Borderline Personality, Better Hearing and Speech, Brain Tumor Awareness, Celiac awareness, Carrots and Cauliflower, Clean Air, Cystic Fibrosis, Family Wellness, Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness, Heal the Children, Healthy Vision, Huntington’s Disease Awareness, International Civility Awareness, Lupus Awareness, Allergy and Asthma Awareness, Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention, Bike, Egg, Foster Care, Gifts of the garden, Good Car Keeping, Hamburger, Hepatitis Awareness, Homeschooling, Jewish-American Heritage, Neurofibromatosis Awareness, Mental Health, Microchip your pet month, Military Appreciation, Moving, Osteoporosis Prevention, Pet, Photo, Physiotherapy, Smile, Salad, Salsa, Stroke Awareness, Spiritual Literacy, Tennis, Vinegar, Older Americans, Potatoes, Revise your work schedule, Skin Cancer, Stuttering Awareness, Tay-Sachs, Tourette Syndrome, Ultra Violet Awareness, Women’s Health Care Month
Interesting May Superstitions and Traditions:
“Marry in May and you’ll rue the day”
“Wash a blanket in May, wash a dear one away”
“A wet May makes a load of hay, a cold May fills the barn with hay”
“Mis in May, heat in June, makes harvest come right soon”
May to September Well Dressing in Derbyshire
1 MAY DAY!
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
Feast Day of St. Joseph (1st Century), revered as the patron saint of all workers. (If you live in New Mexico it is customary to plant hollyhocks outside the kitchen door)
Stepmothers Day (for all of US who are!)
Feast of Saints Philip and James
Feast of San Peregrino patron of those suffering from cancer.
Beltaine/Beltane. the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on 1 May, or about halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Rituals were performed to protect the cattle, crops and people, and to encourage growth. Special bonfires were kindled,
2 Feast of St. Athanasius
Sibling Appreciation Day
Robert’s Rules of Order Day
2-4 Rochester Sweeps Day, Kent, England
3 SECOND PASSOVER. Thirty days ago we cleaned our homes and souls of leaven, and matzahed our way through the week-long festival of Passover. And now, Pesach Sheni—a Second Passover!Stilton Cheese Rolling, Stilton, England
Hug your cat Day
Paranormal Day
Public Radio Day
3-9 BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION WEEK
4 STAR WARS DAY ----And May the Fourth be with You!
Feast of Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation
National Labyrinth Day
Naked Gardening Day
Feast of St. Florian, patron of brewers, chimney sweeps and firemen, invoked against drowning, he was an officer in Roman army,and drowned for his faith.
National Homebrew Day
Motorcycle Mass and Blessing of the Bikes Day
National Family Week
National Hospital Week
4-8 PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
5 HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! (Erin’s favorite!)
Happy Cartoonist Day to Simon and Dave Walker
International Midwives Day
World Laughter Day
Update your references week
6-7 LAG B’OMER - reminds us of the link between Passover, which commemorates the Exodus, and Shavu'ot, which commemorates the giving of the Torah. It reminds us that the redemption from slavery.
Jewish holiday that (begins at sunset on the 9th) celebrates life of Rabbi Simons, a Kabbalah scholar, with an imperative theme of love and respect for one another.
National Teacher Day
No Diet Day
No Homework Day
Nurses Day/RN Recognition Day
7 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MSHB *****
National Train Day (Anniversary of US transcontinental railway)
The New Jerusalem Church (commonly known as Swedenborgianism) formally established in London 1787
8 Feast of St. Michael
Furry (Cornish for Fair) Day, Furry (Cornish Floral Dance) Day Dance, Helston, England
Fete de Victoire, (France)
Donate a Day’s wages to Charity day
National Teacher Day
VE Day
World Red Cross Day
Feast of St Julian of Norwich -
whose famous quote is (“all will be well, and all will be well and all matters of things will be well”)
Care Provider Day
9 Bereaved Mother’s Day and Birthmother’s Day
10 Mother’s Day (US)
Dia de la Madre
Feast of the Blessed Damien of Molokai
Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa
Lupus Day
11 DOUBLE BIRTHDAY!
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEREN HAPPUCH *****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARABELLA PURITY WINTERBOTTOM *****
Child Care Provider Day
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
12 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TORTUF *****
Babysitters Day
Hug your cat today
Limerick Day
World Belly Dance Day (just for you, Janine)
13 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIGLET *****
First Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, 1917
14 Feast of St. Matthew the Apostle
Stars and Stripes forever Day
15 Feast of St Dymphna, patron of asylums and mental health workers, invoked against epilepsy, insanity and sleepwalking
Feast of San Isidro, patron of farmers, workers and ranchers, invoked for rain.
National Chocolate Chip Day
International Day of Families
16 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAMACITA *****
Feast of San Juan Nepomuceno, patron of bridges, bridge builders, Bohemia and confessors, invoked against slander.
O Henry “Pun-Off” Day
Bike to Work Day
Learn how to swim Day
17 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY YANGTZE *****
Feast of San Pasqual the patron of cooks and the kitchen, invoked against sad spirits
World Neurofibromatosis Day
18 Feast of Erik, King of Sweden, Martyr, 1160
I Love “Reese’s Peanut Butter Candy” day
Visit your relatives Day
Armed Forces Day
International Museum Day
19 Feast of St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
National Museum Day
Armed Forces Day
20 Feast of Alcuin of York, Deacon and Abbott
21 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JAMES THE CONFIDENT *****
Feast of Our Lady of Light, prayed to by soldiers requesting guidance as they go into battle.
END OF THE WORLD / RAPTURE PARTY DAY 
(Harold Camping prediction) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping
21-31 Hay Philosophy and Music Festival “How the light gets in”, Hay-on-Wye, England
22 Feast of St Rita, patron of desperate causes, abused women, invoked against infertility, loneliness, unhappy marriage and spousal infidelity.
Victoria Day (Canada)
World Goth Day
23 National Crohn’s and Colitis Day
23-25 SHAVOUT, Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues
24 Feast of John and Charles Wesley, 1791 and 1788, Evangelists and Hymn Writers
Feast of St. Cyril and Methodius
Empire Day/Commonwealth Day (UK)
Brother’s Day
25 Memorial Day (US) observed
Feast of the Venerable Bede
Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling, Coopers Hill, UK
TOWEL DAY -a tribute to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Nerd and Geek Pride Day
Cookie Monster’s Birthday
National Tap Dance Day
26 Pray for Peace Memorial Day
Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury
27 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUIA *****
Feast of St. Melangeli
Prayer for Peace Memorial Day
Honor your Ancestors Day
28 Feast of San Bernardo, patron of skiers and mountain climbers
Ian Fleming born in 1908
29 Feast of John Calvin
Oak/Apple Day (Pinch Bum Day) in remembrance of return of the monarch, King Charles in 1660
30 Feast of Joan of Arc, patroness France and the military.
Death of King Arthur in 542
Feast of St. Eusebius, early church father
31 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HILDA OF WHITBY *****
Holy Pentecost (Orthodox)
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Elizabeth
World "NO TOBACCO" Day
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13 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIGLET *****
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It's very kind of you, Motherboarde, but my birthday's actually on 10th February, and I haven't quite reached the social status of having more than one ...
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