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Valentine i
By Clarence Breaback
Saturday is Valentine's Day and USC
sweethearts, as in the past, will shower theii
loved ones with cards, candy and flowers.
This lovers' holiday is at least 2,000 years
old. The ancient Romans associated it with
the mating season of the birds, believing
birds selected their mates on this day.
Traditions of this holiday, as we now knov
it. coincided with the Roman festivals o
Lupercalia and Juno Februata. Youn(
ladies put their names in a hat. The younj
man who drew the lucky lady's name wa:
her date for the festival or her "protector'
for the year, as the case may be.
HOW THE festival got its present name i!
speculated. One theory has it that it come:
from the Norman word "galantin,'
meaning "lover of women." The Normal
"g" was pronounced as a "v", whicl
plausibly could cause confusion among
those unfamiliar with the language.
Most historians credit the name with th<
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Day history
Christian martyr, St. Valentine. Actually,
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Like several other pagan festivals, the
| early Christian church "proselytized" it and
f made it a "Holy Day." Instead of pulling
' young ladies' names from a hat, young men
drew names of saints and emulated the
v virtues of their "saint" for a year. But alas,
f the saints just didn't have the charms of the
g young ladies.
It wasn't easy finding your true love. One
? early custom was for young ladies to pin five
bay leaves on their pillow (four on the
corners and one in the center) and sleep on
g it the eve before Valentine's Day.
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remain in seclusion until her special man
> appeared to call on her.
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