In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January).

Sip of the Day - March 7, 2008

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Titera's Tidbit: Shivaree
In the Middle Ages, one way to express displeasure with a neighbor was to hire a band of urchins to stand before his house to bang on pots & pans, making a ruckus that the French called a charivari. It was so common a disturbance the Council of Trent banned it in 1563 under pain of excommunication. In England, it was called rough music. The custom survived in the Appalachians, where a newlywed couple would be treated to a shivaree.

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