February - cache o' month Traditional Cache
February - cache o' month
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Best Access from snowmobile trail along power lines. Leave something party related.
FEBRUARY
• Its birth flower is the Viola (plant)
• Its birthstone is the amethyst.
February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar. Under the reforms that instituted the Julian calendar, leap years occurred regularly every fourth year leap years February gained a 29th day. Thereafter, it remained the second month of the calendar year, even during the Middle Ages.
Historical names for February include the Anglo-Saxon terms Solmonath (mud month) and Kale-monath (named for cabbage) as well as Charlemagne's designation Hornung. In Finnish, the month is called helmikuu, meaning "month of the pearl"; when snow melts on tree branches, it forms droplets, and as these freeze again, they are like pearls of ice. In Ukrainian, the month is called ????? meaning the month of ice or hard frost.
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• Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday in French) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of the most famous Carnival celebrations in the world. The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent. It is a season of parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras in French), the day before Ash Wednesday. In the final week of Carnival, many events large and small occur throughout New Orleans and surrounding communities.
• Groundhog Day: February 2 United States and Canada
• Imbolc: February 2
• Valentine's Day: February 14
• Flag Day of Canada: February 15
• Presidents Day (United States, third Monday)
• Mardi Gras
• Leap Day: February 29 (Every 4 years, with some exceptions)
• Black History Month (Canada and United States)
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