Hungarian: Boldog Asszony hava
Wow. Hungarian has alternate traditional names for the months...
January: Boldog Asszony hava - Month of the Happy Wife
February: Böjtelő hava - Pre-Lenten Month, I think
March: Böjtmás hava - uh, Post-Lenten Month?
April: Szent György hava - Month of St. George
May: Pünkösd hava - Month of Pentecost, or, whimsically, "Whitmonth". (No, that's not a real word.)
June: Szent Iván hava - Month of St. Ivan
July: Szent Jakab hava - Month of St. Jacob
August: Kis Asszony hava - Month of the Maiden
September: Szent Mihály hava - Month of St. Michael
October: Mindszent hava - All Saint's Month
November: Szent András hava - Month of St. Andreas
December: Karácsony hava - Christmas Month
(From a genealogical glossary.)
This sort of thing rocks my world. Hungarian culture goes down and down and down.
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