March facts:

Birthstone = Aquamarine

This month is:

National Bed Month

Meat Free Month

The Great Daffodil Appeal

23rd Feb to 8th March
Fair Trade Fortnight

1st
St. David’s Day

Whuppity Scoorie
Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland

5th
World Book Day

8th
International Women’s Day

9th
Commonwealth day

9th
Maulid Al-Nabi (birthday of Muhammed) – Shia Moslem

10th
Purim – Jewish

11th
Holi – Hindu
Hola Mohala – Sikh

No Smoking Day

13th
L. Ron Hubbard birthday – Scientology

Red Nose Day

17th
St Patrick’s Day
Bank Holiday in ROI and NI

20th
First day of Spring (Spring Equinox / Vernal equinox)

Ostara – Wicca Northern Hemishpere
Mabon – Wicca Southern Hemisphere

Earth Day

21st
World Poetry Day

World Forestry Day

Jamshedi Norouz (New Year) – Persian / Zoroastrian
Naw Ruz (new Year) – Baha’i

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

22nd
Mothering Sunday

Third Thursday
Kipling Cotes Derby
South Dalton, Yorkshire

25th
The Tichborne Dole
Tichborne and Cheriton, Arlesford, Hampshire

26th
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhustra) – Zoroastrian

27th
New Year – Hindu

29th
British Summer time begins