Category: Animals

Snake Day: the Day the Earth Opens

Published March 14, 2007 in Animals, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Good Luck, HOLIDAYS, Irish, LEGENDS, Romanian, Spring | Comments [1]
In Romanian folklore, March 17 is Snake Day, the day on which the ground opens, and animals that burrow in the ground emerge at the end of winter. It is a day on which people traditionally clean their fruit trees and their households. Storks return to build their nests, fish begin to swim, [...] Read More »