Candlemas
 Candlemas, February 2. Commemorates the presentation of baby Jesus in the Temple, and the purification of the
Virgin Mary.
Candles are blessed on this day.
According to superstition, a sunny Candlemas predicts a cold spring.
If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight;
But if it be dark with clouds and rain,
Winter is gone, and will not come again.
Another superstition is that on this day if a young woman chases the first crow she
sees, it would fly in the direction of her future husband, but if the crow should pass a
church yard then she would never marry.
Observed by Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
Also known as
Feast of the Purification of the Virgin.
Known in Mexico and Latin America as
Dia de la Candelaria. Some of the customs may have originated with the Roman
festival of Lupercalia.
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