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  ‘ Some words may boast of a lineage which can be   °
QQ - traced to a hoary antiquity; again, others are but the  
L growth of yesterday. Our very early forefathers in In+ _  
  dia thought that the day was kindled as a fire every  L
ig. morning, hence the word DAY has that implied meaning.  
  We still use for the days ot the week» the old mythologi-   _
  cal gods which the Saxons brought from the East with -  
  them. Wednesday is WODEN,SDAY the highest god’s day;  
  Thursday, THORS or THUNDER’S day; Friday, FREYA, ,   A
  the highest goddess day; Saturday the day oi SEATER or   _
-   . . SATURN; Sunday, the sUN’s DAY; Monday; the MOON’S»  
= _ V ° DAY and Tuesday, TU’s the god of war’s day. The Ro- R g  
  · man names for the months have supplanted those of the  
., Saxon. Vile have JANUARY from the Roman ]anus god _   _
Y, of the year instead of the Saxon K\’OLF—l\IONTI-I, the Ro-  
  _ man February from the festival of puriiication, instead of `   Q `F  
  A l the Saxon S1-ROUTE-KAL12. Ancient usage places kale  
T · and jowl in high rank. l.\/[ARCH, god of war and hus— Qt
. bandry instead of SAXON LENcTE-MoNTH because it was  
‘ ~ ·j longer than the others. Al’RIL from Aprilis was the Sax- ,i
`; , on OSTEl{ Moxrru because then they celebrated Easter,  
_ the goddess of light and spring. Gay adornment and ii
»_ easter eggs are probably as old as the race. It corres—»
.° , ponded to the jewish passover. Both have been infused l _
. i with a higher meaning because of the promise to live V
  again through Christ’s resurrection. l\’[AY, the Roman   V
  ‘ goddess, mother of Mercury, was the Saxon TR1-M1Lc:1 °‘   -
"   MONTH because they then milked their cows three times a.     ,
_   _ t day. ]UNE, Roman juno, Saxon, l\/IEDE MONTH, because ij
  the cattle fed then on the meadows. JULY for Julius Cae-    
gf _ sar was the Saxon HEY MONTH, Auousr, Augustus Cae- F  
  sar was the BARN MONTH. As handed to the Romans, g
¥ March the twenty-ii-fth began the year so SEPTEMBER was ~
A n left the seventh month. It was the Saxon’s GI{IST MONTH,