So who was Saint Valentine? Does Valentine’s Day have something to do with Saint Valentine?
And why have I by no means had a Valentine card aside from ones made by the youngsters at college once they had been little? And why do some folks make such an enormous deal of it. And why do retailers have a lot ‘stuff”? Truly I do know the reply to that final query……….. it is all in regards to the cash.
There was in all probability a couple of St Valentine, probably one was a Roman Doctor one other a Bishop in Italy however one in all these was a third century martyr, and little is thought about him however there may be an undisputed historical past of individuals celebrating on at the present time going again 600 years. Chaucer wrote, someday between 1376 and 1382, a poem telling how birds select their mates on St Valentines Day annually and at the present time was speculated to be the primary day of spring in lots of locations.
The Greeks and Romans noticed a special occasion at the moment of the yr for his or her goddesses Hera and Juno who represented girls and marriage.
It was the Victorians who began sending playing cards and for a time these turned comedian and impolite in order that the custom fell out of favour, steadily being revived by the early twentieth century and now it is onerous to keep away from!.
I’ve discovered a few climate sayings for the 14th
St Valentine Breaks the Again of Winter
To Saint Valentine the spring is a neighbour
Again Tomorrow
Sue
