1 February 2008

February

From the Latin wordfebrua, "to cleans." The Roman Februalia was a month of purification and atonement.

Februarius, originally the last month of the year; devoted to the februa, rites of purification and the dead.

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1 February

Ireland	Imboc (Oimelc)
Isle of Man
Scotland
Wales

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The Wild Swans at Coole The trees are in their autumn beayty, The woodland paths are dey, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky; Upon the brimming water among the stones Are nine-and-fifty swand. The nineteenth autumn has come upon me Since I first made my count; I saw, before I had well finished, All suddenly mount And scatter wheeling in great broken rings Upon their clamorous wings. I have looked upon these brilliant creatures, And now my heart is sore. All's changed since I, hearing zt twilight, The first time on this shore, The bell-beat of their wings above my head, Trod with a lighter tread. Unwearied still, lober by lover, They paddle in the cold Companionable streams or climb the air; Their hearts have not grown old; Passion or conquest, wander where they will, Attend upon them still. But now they drift on the still water, Mysterious, beautiful; Among what rushes will they build, By what lake's edge or pool Delight men's eyes when I awake some day To find they have flown away? William Butler Yeats