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Word: lupercalia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unlike Christmas cards, which everyone knows were instigated by a Swiss job printer in 1856 to tide him over the slack season, Valentine's day cards can be traced back to historical origins. Specifically, they come from the ancient Roman Feast of the Lupercalia where youth men and women put cards with their names on them into a large box, and couples were paired by chance drawings. The pairings lasted all year, which clearly shows that the Romans knew how to make more of a good thing than...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Io to St. Valentine, Archflamen of Hymen! | 2/14/1950 | See Source »

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