• datelmd5sum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Finnish:

    oak month (or central month if you don’t use current meaning of the word)

    pearl month

    ground month

    clearing the forest of trees for field month

    planting seed month

    summer month (or plowing month by original meaning)

    hay harvesting month

    grain harvesting month

    autumn month

    muddy month

    death month

    yule month

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        1 year ago

        Better yet they only had 10 months, and the remaining 60ish days of the year were just 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠•⁠_⁠•⁠ ⁠)⁠ㄏ

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        1 year ago

        The Roman year originally started in March (the month of Mars) because that’s when the war season started. January and February were at the end of the year and originally weren’t named at all.

        But at some point, the Romans had a problem with one of their politicians. He had a one year term. To get rid of him, they moved the new year to January. It was supposed to be temporary but somehow we’re still living with the results of that lifehack.