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 - August 27, 2008

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Titera's Tidbit: Pennyroyal
The common name of Mentha pulegium, a kind of mint, represents a little reputation-cleaning somewhere in history, "penny" having been substituted for pulegium, which means "relating to fleas". The "royal" part of the name supposedly derives from the noble European households where "pennyroyal" was cultivated for a major medieval task - namely killing fleas by means for the plant's natural pesticides.

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