Tag Archives: Spring
HISTORY SHARE: SPRING EQUINOX
Mankind’s had a thing about equinoxes and solstices for, well, a really long time. Here’s some info about the first one of the year. https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/5-things-didnt-know-about-spring-equinox.htm
HISTORY SHARE: ORIGINS OF THE LION / LAMB PROVERB
Farewell February, Welcome March – however you decide to come in, to northern hemisphere dwellers, you herald SPRING! http://kikn.com/where-did-the-phrase-in-like-a-lamb-out-like-a-lion-come-from/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/03/02/folk-wisdom/
HISTORY SHARE: THE PUSSY WILLOW LEGEND
I’ve always liked pussy willows, possibly because they are among the few plants I am not allergic to. There are several versions of how pussy willows came to be called ‘pussy willows’. Show them to your kids and ask which one they like best. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bingham&book=fairyland&story=pussy&PHPSESSID=fd944fe076ee57b70fc1b76e1a187dab https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=BOSTONSH18960411-01.2.39 https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/beyond-the-pussy-willow http://keythoughts.weebly.com/home/legend-of-the-pussy-willow
HISTORY TIDBIT: MARCH
Though March is now the third month in the Western calendar, it was originally the first because spring began at this time and the season that brought new life seemed a good time to start a new year. And the (then) first month of the new year got its name because, once spring rolled in, […]
ANOTHER DOUBLE CELEBRATION
A difference between a calendar year and a solar year causes the spring equinox to come between March 19th and March 21st for those who live in the northern hemisphere. And this year, that’s today, March 20th. The spring tradition of cleaning houses originated in countries like Iran, which starts its Nowruz celebrations on the […]
HISTORIC MARCH CELEBRATIONS & EVENTS
Here are some March celebrations and events with histories kids might like to investigate. St. David’s Day (March 1st, Wales) Trinidad Carnival (March 3rd– 4th, Trinidad & Tobago) Carnival/Mardis Gras (March 4th, Latin America, U.S.A., Eastern Europe) Pancake Day (March 4th, Christian communities worldwide) Ash Wednesday (March 5th, Christian communities worldwide) International Women’s Day (March […]
Time Travelling With Kids 