January 29, 1776

Posted by sydney on Jan 29th, 1776

An intense frost usually befalls in Jan: our Saxon fore-fathers call’d that month with no small propriety wolf-month; because the severe weather brought down those ravenous beasts out of the woods among the villages.

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