March
March facts:
Birthstone = Aquamarine
This month is:
National Bed Month23rd 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