Valentine is just around the corner, so many things pop up in our minds when we hear the word 'VALENTINE'. Here are 17 things you will need to know about the day & events that do come up every February 14th.
1.
Speaking of St Valentines, did you know that there were two of
them? one Saint Valentine was in love with love , he he loved the
institution of marriage a great deal, apparently and i quote he "disobeyed
the Roman Emperor of the time and married couples in secret". The next
Saint Valentine was "a lover of children but, was imprisoned when he would
not honor other gods. The children missed him and wrote messages of affection
to him. They threw their notes through the bars of his cell. This may have been the
beginning of exchanging messages.
He was executed on February 14, 269 A.D. Pope Gelasius in 496 A.D. named
February 14th, Valentine's Day, after him."
2.
Marriage .. the union of two people in
love or arranged , depending of what part of the world you are in..
Did you know that a lot of people actually feel lonely, insecure, depressed, or unwanted on Valentine’s Day, while a lot of people will never admit it, at least ten young adults out of a sample count of a thousand people actually admitted to this.
Did you know that a lot of people actually feel lonely, insecure, depressed, or unwanted on Valentine’s Day, while a lot of people will never admit it, at least ten young adults out of a sample count of a thousand people actually admitted to this.
3.
Speaking of marriage .. hmmm a secret
poll conducted in the late 1990's showed that most men who got married on Saint
Valentine's day tied the knot simply because the date is one thats hard to
forget, years later, another poll showed that almost half of them
actually forgot... weird.
4.
Girls of medieval times ate bizarre foods on
St. Valentine's Day to make them dream of their future spouse.
5.
In the Middle
Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their
Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for
everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression "to wear your heart
on your sleeve."
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