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February. February is named for Februaria, the name Juno was given as goddess of fertility. February had been the month when the festival of Lupercalia was held and youths roamed the streets supposedly making barren women fruitful by striking them with magic thongs called februa, fashioned from the hides of goats sacrificed to Februaria. By the way, February originally had 29 days, but the Romans took one from it to give to July, so that July, named after Julius Caesar, wouldn’t be infe- rior to August, named after Augustus Caesar. |