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There are so many things we take for granted and rarely think about how they came into being. Do you ever think of how the month of March got its name? And what do you know about Daylight Saving Time? (It’s not Savings, by the way.) And is a shamrock the
reserve its use for Ireland. A shamrock appears as part of the emblem of Great Britain, alongside the rose that represents England and the thistle
for Scotland.
While shamrocks are considered lucky, the rare
four-leaf clover is even luckier. This variant of the traditional shamrock may be due to environmental or genetic causes, but whatever the case, their rarity makes
them prized.
According to Irish tradition, those who find a four- leaf clover are destined for good luck, as each leaf in the clover symbolizes faith, hope, love, and luck for the finder.
On a completely unrelated traditional March event, it’s National Day of Unplugging from sundown- to-sundown on March 5th to 6th. The annual awareness campaign promotes a 24-hour respite from technology that is observed the first weekend in March. For more than a decade, schools, religious institutions and businesses have promoted a healthy life/tech balance for their communities on the National Day of Unplugging. Participation is open to anyone who wishes to elevate human connection over digital engagement. Luddites unite!
same as a four-leaf clover?
Do you know...?
The name of the month of March comes from Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. In ancient Rome, the first month was the time of year to resume military campaigns that had been interrupted by winter.
Daylight Saving Time begins in March, usually on the second Sunday of the month. This year it begins on 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 14th. Remember to “spring forward” and set your clocks forward one hour. Daylight Saving Time ends on 2 a.m. Sunday, November 7th, when clocks “fall back” one hour.
Only two states have successfully stopped springing forward: Arizona and Hawaii. Most of Arizona stopped observing Daylight Saving Time more than 50 years ago, although the Navajo Nation does observe it. There is also no Daylight Saving Time in Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Daylight Saving Time is often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, the author of Poor Richard’s Almanac, who, it is said, suggested the idea in a 1784 satirical
essay titled “An Economical Project.” Franklin wrote of the thrifty benefits of daylight versus artificial light. His conclusions
were that rising with the sun would save the citizens of Paris, where he was living at the time, a great deal of money. Franklin wrote,
“An immense sum! That the city of Paris might save every year, by the economy of using sunshine instead of candles.”
Germany was the first nation to officially adopt the light-extending system in 1915 as a fuel-saving measure, since coal was scarce during World War I. The British adopted the system in 1916. The U.S. followed in 1918, when Congress passed the Standard Time Act that established nation-wide time zones. In 1920 the law was repealed due to the opposition of dairy farmers. During World War II, Daylight Saving Time was once again imposed, this time year-round to save fuel.
Even though the shamrock is associated with Ireland, it is not the official national symbol of Ireland. It’s the harp. But shamrocks have been associated with Irish tradition so long that the government registered it to
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