February Calendar: Thames Valley

February

1	St Bride's Day	.
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2	Candlemas Day	Feast of the Purification.
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3	St. Blaise's Day	Earliest Shrove Tuesday
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4	St. Gilbert's Day	.
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6	St. Dorothea's Day	.
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FEB First Week Sun Rises 0739 Sets 1650 GMT

"If Candlemas day be fair and bright,
    Winter will have another flight.
    But if Candlemas day bring clouds and rain,
    Winter is gone and won't come again."

2: Rocking Ceremony: St Mary's, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire. Forty Shilling Day: Wotton, Surrey. Bread Dole: Woodbridge, Suffolk.
3: Blessing the Throat: St. Ethelreda's Church, London. Blessing the Water: St. Mary's Abbey, East Bergholt, Suffolk.
Mon after the Sun nearest the 3rd: Feastern Day: Hurling the Silver Ball: St. Ives, Cornwall.
Feb: Dragon Festival Norwich, Norfolk.

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11	St. Caedmon's Day	.
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14	St. Valentine's Day	Valentine Fairs
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FEB Second Week Sun Rises 0727 Sets 1723 GMT

13: Opening of the Salmon net-fishing season: Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
14: King's Lynn Fair (Lynn Mart): King's Lynn, Norfolk. Start of the travelling fun fair season.
14: Valentine Fairs: Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Bath, Somerset. Wymondham, Norfolk.
Old Candlemas Fairs: Devizes, Wiltshire. Dorchester, Dorset.

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17	St. Finan's Day	.
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FEB Third Week Sun Rises 0714 Sets 1716 GMT

"When the cat in February lies in the sun, she will creep behind the stove in March.".

"February fill dyke, be it black or be it white;
But if it be white, it's better to like.".

"A February spring is not worth a pin.".

22	.Chair of St. Peter	.
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24	St. Matthias' Day	.
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25	St. Ethelbert's Day	.
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28	St. Oswald's Eve	.
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29	Leap Day	.
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FEB Last Week Sun Rises 0700 Sets 1728 GMT

22: "The night of St.Peter shows what weather we shall have for the next 40 days."
" If cold at St. Peter's day, it will last longer."

24: "St. Matthias breaks the ice;
If he finds none, he will make it.".
"St. Matthias, Sow thy leaf and grass."

27: Robert Rede's Twopenny Gift: Eton College, Buckinghamshire.

29: A lady may propose to a gentleman provided she is wearing a red petticoat, if he refuses he must buy her a pair of gloves or a silk dress.

Snowdrops: Candlemas Bells. Fair Maids of February. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary because of its appearence on the Feast of the Purification.