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Albelda February, the Carnival

Sallent de Gallego stated: "Winter does not eat mice." (Photo: C. Smith)
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ADELL By Jose Antonio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Celedonio CAST and
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"February is the month alone
shorter and less polite." The

Climatology is a favorite theme among the sayings and axioms themselves this month. Sallent de Gallego is often said that "the winter they eat mice, but also that" extremes meet ", referring to this month. Perhaps best known are the sayings: "February, a little bad and good," "the month of February, a time in the sun and another to the hearth" or "February killed his mother in the laundry room." These sudden changes have caused this month was known as "febrerillo the crazy" for being "one day than another." The cold came with the Saints earlier this month:

"For Candelera, large fridge,
to San Blas, a foot;
for Santa Aguedeta,
snow up jacket. "

of February is also known as" the month of day laborers "to be the shortest of the year they work fewer days and are paid the same salary. But century earlier, in Huesca began to operate in this time of year the "Pot of the poor", a charity serving the needy classes, thanks to the charity of Huesca, in these lean months by downtime jobs.
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Garza Angüés the raft. (Photo: C. Smith).
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In Angüés, coinciding with the festivities of San Blas, the council also costs, with the help of neighbors, abundant and nutritious food for the poor huts of the people and outsiders, and the third day were distributed alms.

Jobs were scarce in the field: phlegm was put to the trees and the old moon garlic is planted and pruned vines (it was popular belief that if you pruned at the moon would be larger clusters). In the new moon and planted potatoes, once the month was suitable for the planting of flax and hemp. It

a bad period for cattle and feared by shepherds, especially in leap years "on Feb. leaves no sheep or lamb." However, during this month cattle fairs were held in some parts of the province. Sariñena took them during the first days, until 1897, when he was forced to officially be advanced one month, by the tendency of buyers and sellers in previous years.

Candelaria For Barbastro and fairs organized in Huesca. The data Barbastro a privilege given by Doña Germana de Foix, in the town of Monzon, the September 22, 1512, twelve days before and twelve after that date, in the Entremuros. The Huesca although at the beginning of the century and had lost much importance, was still busy, and she came good number of traders with mules, donkeys and cattle primarily. In 1919 the City agreed that the show changed to the fifth week last year, is held in that year and the following Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the third week of Lent.
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Aínsa (Photo: C. Smith)

the first Sunday of the month Aínsa organizes "the ferieta" or "small fair."

As Arnal Cavero said, "February is the month the matacías and the carasol. You should go to church many days during the week: "The first because it's day, the second, Santa Maria, the third, San Blas, the fourth, nothing ...»" fifth St. Agatha (1).

At the end of the month increases light during the day and the nights begin to be less terrible and shorter, which is why the saying, "San Matías (day 24), so long as the days night".

Citation
  1. ARNAL CAVERO, P.: High Aragon, Zaragoza, p. 141.
Posted
in "Cuadernos Altoaragonesa" supplement Altoaragón Journal. Sunday January 31, 1993
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