The Forfar Directory and Yearbook 1911 . rted off in a last despair-ing attempt to catch his rival, and had almostsucceeded in his object when he was onceagain beaten by the wind and compelled toabandon the flight. NAMES OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK The names of the days of the week are ofSaxon origin, their spelling, of course, beingmodernised. The Romans named the firsttwo days after the sun and moon respectively,and the Saxons followed their example, butin their own language. Thus Sunnan-daeg isour Sunday and Monan-daeg our other five days were named after godsor other mythical person
The Forfar Directory and Yearbook 1911 . rted off in a last despair-ing attempt to catch his rival, and had almostsucceeded in his object when he was onceagain beaten by the wind and compelled toabandon the flight. NAMES OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK The names of the days of the week are ofSaxon origin, their spelling, of course, beingmodernised. The Romans named the firsttwo days after the sun and moon respectively,and the Saxons followed their example, butin their own language. Thus Sunnan-daeg isour Sunday and Monan-daeg our other five days were named after godsor other mythical persons whom they wor-shipped. Tuesday after Tiu, the god of war(Tius-daeg) ; Wednesday, or Wodens-daeg,aftfer Woden, a warlike god of high repute innorthern nations ; Thursday, or Thors-daegafter Thor, the supreme god ; Friday (Freyas-daeg) after Freya, the goddess of love andbeauty, and wife of Woden ; Saturday (Seaters-daeg) after the god Seater, of whom little isknown, but who was worshipped by theSaxons. •THE T^^VO APRIL^ GARDENINGFOR THE MONTH. jlsparagits, sea ? kale,beet, carrots andOJiions,etc., should now besoTxinoti heavy soils. Sowcaiiti/lower, cabbages,and lettuce, and finish(he planting of ihemain crop of and thin spinach,onions, turnips, etc.,and earth-up cabbages,caulifioWL-r, peas, beans,and early potatoes. Soiuall sorts of a>in7ta and prune beds smooth, titrn7ip gravel -walks, anUclip box edgings. L TRY BEFORE YOU TRUST ^<:\ « THE MOONS CHANGES. F. Quar.,6th, 5 55 , 13th, 2 37aft. ,2ist, 6 ,28th, 10 25 aft. I S Union of England and Scotland, 1707- 5th Sunday in Lent. [2] Battle of the Baltic, entered Wiju, on Consols, etc., of Badajos, born, Lent Term ends. S Palm Sunday. M A. C. Swinburne died, Treaty of Utrecht, [Hilary Law Sittings Donald Currie died, Good Matthew Arnold
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