Interesting Facts about March

As we arrive March (can you believe how quick January and February have gone) we've found some interesting facts that maybe you didn't know about this month!

• It is one of seven months that are 31 days long
• March starts on the same day of the week as November every year, and February in common years only.
• March ends on the same day of the week as June every year
• The name March comes from the Latin Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also regarded as a guardian of agriculture
• March was the beginning of our calendar year. We changed to the new style or Gregorian calendar in 1752, and it is only since then we begin the year on January the 1st.
• All through lent the traditional games played are marbles and skipping
• The last three days of March were said to be borrowed from April
• One of the flowers most associated with March is the narcissus (Wild Daffodil)

'March winds and April showers

Bring forth May flowers.' 

Who else has some facts about March?