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Friday 12 February

Folklore from the old calendars

The Favilteach Lore and belief HighlandsIn the Highlands the Favilteach, the first three days of February, were said to have been borrowed by February from January, who was bribed with three young sheep.

Saturday 13 February

Born on this day: Judy Dyble (1949)

Folklore from the old calendars

Valentine’s Eve in Norfolk Still kept NorfolkIn Norfolk St Valentine's Eve was the night for giving presents.
Bay Leaves and a Salted Egg Lore and belief EnglandA girl writing in the Connoisseur in the 1750s describes her Valentine's Eve.
Valentines drawn on the eve No longer kept EnglandOn the eve of St Valentine's Day the names of a chosen number of one sex were put into a vessel and drawn by an equal number of the other, and each person's draw became their valentine.

Sunday 14 February

Valentine's Day

Born on this day: Angus R Grant (1967)

Folklore from the old calendars

Valentine's Day in the old calendars 19 entriesDrawing Valentines, Lynn Mart, Good Morrow, Valentine, When the Birds Choose Their Mates, The Valentine Letter-shower, Good Morrow, Valentine at Weston Favell, Catching valentines before sunrise, Valentine pence in Oxfordshire, Pope Valentine’s lottery of patrons, Sweeping the girls, Valentine buns at Peterborough, The first two single people to meet on Valentine’s morning, The crocus at the shrine of St Valentine, Valentines on hat and sleeve, Rings, gloves and ribbons for valentines, Paying the valentine in Hereford, Owling on Valentine’s morning, Drawing valentines at Fordyce, Every good goose lays by St Valentine’s Day

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