Few things about December It’s a month of cakes and festivals. To remember the birth of Christ Christmas is celebrated all over the world.The root word of December is “Decem” literal meaning is ten. Since it’s a 10th month in ancient Roman calendar they used to call with this name. The Anglo saxon name of [...]

Few things about November The root word of November is “novem”. As we all know it means nine. The Anglo Saxons name of November is “Wind monath”. In this month winter is about to start. In Britain they used to celebrate so many festivals as their harvesting time is going to end. 2nd of November [...]

Few things about October This eighth month has got its name from the roman god “Octo”.The Anglo Saxons name of October is Wyn Monath . For them it’s a month of wine making. Since the autumn season is going to start in this month leaves start to change their color. October 21st is celebrated as [...]

Few things about august First week of august is celebrated as a “Friendship day”. Early roman used to call it as “Sextilis”.Later it was renamed to Augustus to honor the Roman Emperor. The Anglo-Saxons name of august is Weod monath Literal meaning is weed month. In Britain, 1st August was celebrated as “Lammas day”. It’s [...]

Few things about September The root word of September is “septem” which indicates seven.T he Anglo-Saxons name of September is Gerst monath . it is also called as Barley month. Romans had a thought that this September is the month of their god, Vulcan. It’s a god of fire. So they used to associate this [...]

Few things about June June remembers two things to us. It’s a start of summer and it’s a month of Wimbledon tennis tournament. This sixth month has got its name from the Roman goddess “Junno” which is a goddess of marriage. Anglo-Saxons name of June is “Sera monath” which means a dry month Things to [...]

Few things about July It is the hottest month. Early Romans used to call it as Quintilius literal meaning is fifth. Later Roman Senate named this month as July to give an honor to Julius Caesar. A man of friendship. Anglo-Saxon name of july is “Heymonath “or “Maed monath” which depicts hay making. Rainy weather [...]

Few things about May First day of May is celebrated as workers day. May has got its name to remember the Greek goddess “Maia”. The Anglo saxon name of May is “Tri-Milchi”. May was with various names like Mayes, Maius, , and Mai. We have started to call this month as May only from 1430. [...]

Few things about April April starts with fun and kidding. We are celebrating the April fool’s Day all over the world. The origin of April is still a mystery. Some believe that it may have got its name from the Latin word ‘aperire’. Literally it means “open”. The Anglo Saxon used to call it as [...]

Few things about March Root word of March is “Martius” derived from roman. In fact Romans New Year starts from this month only. We have followed this New Year until the introduction of Gregorian calendar in 1752. After that everyone has started to celebrate the New Year in January 1st. The Anglo Saxons called it [...]