March came in like a Lion, but the days keep getting longer, and spring it will bring.
The Romans called it Martius, after the War-god, Mars, and for them it was the first month of the year, when the vigorous battle of life began again.
But the Saxons called it Lenet-Monat, or Length-Month, because now the days were lengthening after winter. This long-forgotten name for the month is not dead; it lives in the word Lent, which falls in March. So this first month of spring includes the spiritual Christian name in the martial pagan one, like the meeting of the Lamb, with the Lion.
“The New Book of Days” by Eleanor Farjeon
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