January 2010 - cache o' month Traditional Cache
January 2010 - cache o' month
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Both Mr. & Mrs. Boomdr celebrate birthdays in Jan. Cache is lock n' lock. Off snowmobile trail on private land. Please be respectful. leave birthday items. -----
• January's birthstone is the garnet which represents constancy.
• Its birth flower is the Carnation or Snow drops
January is named after Janus, the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, - January is the door to the year. Although March was originally the first month in the old Roman Calendar, January became the first month of the calendar year about 450 BC. Beginning in the sixteenth century, European countries began officially making January 1 the start of the New Year.
Historical names for January include its original Roman designation, Ianuarius, the Saxon term Wulf-monath (meaning wolf month) and Charlemagne's designation Wintarmanoth (winter / cold month). In Finnish, the month is called tammikuu, meaning the month of the heart of winter. ------
. New Year's Day – January 1
• Handsel Monday in Scotland and northern England – First Monday
• Three Wise Men Day in Latin America - January 6
• Coptic Russian Orthodox Church Christmas – January 7
• Plough Sunday in Scotland and northern England – Sunday after January 6
• Coming of Age Day in Japan – Second Monday
• National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the United States – January 11
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States – Third Monday
• Makara Sankranthi (Festival of Harvest) in India – January 15
• Burns night in Scotland - January 25
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