February 2, 2010

ante diem iv nonas februarias 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Apronian the Executioner at Ancona … it’s also Candlemas Day … And for all you Latin teachers out there , you can present this Latin ‘distich’ quoted by Thomas Browne in Robert Chambers Book of Days (the quoting of) which predates Punxsutawney Phil (and Wiarton…

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