How the months got their names.
The current names are due to our switch from the original Roman lunar calendar.
Issue #256 Friday Funday February 17, 2023
"Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, except for February which stands alone."
Most of us learned some variation of this poem when we were young, but how did the months get their names?
The first European-based calendar was the Roman calendar, which was a lunar-based calenda…
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