Your June Birthday: Holidays, Traditions and More
Monthly Observances
June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, as well as International Men's Month and International Child Cancer Campaign Month. It is the National Month for Accordion Awareness, so listen to some Weird Al Yankovic, and is also the National Month for aphasia awareness, bathroom reading, candy, GLBT (Gay/ Lesbian/ Bisexual/ Transgendered-yes, those are four different things to be), ice tea, rivers, roses, safety, smiles, soul food and steakhouses, so take your favorite bisexual out to a steakhouse by the river and order some iced tea, but save the bathroom reading for home.
Weirdest Holiday: Yell "Fudge" to the Cobras in North America Day (2nd). I don't know where to begin with this one. First of all, I did not make it up. Second, since cobras are not indigenous to North America, I can imagine this would work only if you bother to visit a zoo or herpetarium. Happy fudge-yelling! Also notable: Stupid Guy Thing Day is the 22nd, so put on your beer hat, dust off your Star Wars collectibles, and enjoy a nice Man Show marathon with a fantasy baseball chaser.
June Traditions
Flower: rose - beauty, love
Birthstone: pearl - tears of a beautiful bride Gemini's gem: agate
Zodiac sign: Gemini (1-21) and Cancer (22-30; see July for details). Gemini, represented by the Twins, is an air sign, so Gemini people tend to be very changeable and quick to rush into things. They are also represented by the twins because they can sometimes have dual natures, which is a nice way of saying they can be quirky and lie a lot, and yet it is this mutability that can make them quite interesting and charming. As a result of this fascinating combination of charisma and dishonesty, Gemini people make excellent politicians! Best friends: Libra and Aquarius. Best love matches: Aries, Leo and Sagittarius
Famous Birthdays: Marilyn Monroe (1st), Tony Curtis (2nd), Socrates (5th), His Holiness, the Dalai Lama (6th), Michael J. Fox (9th), Gene Wilder (11th), Anne Frank (12th), Geronimo (16th), Sir Paul McCartney (18th), Salman Rushdie (19th), Meryl Streep (22nd), George Michael (25th), Helen Keller (27th), Mel Brooks (28th), Lena Horne (30th).
Catholic Feast Days
1- Ste Gwen, St Justin, St Theobald of Alba
2 -Ste Blandina, St Elmo
3- St Charles Lwanga, Ste Clotilda, St Kevin, St Morand
4 -St Adalgrin, Stes Breaca & Buriana, St Clateus, St Cornelius MacConchailleadh, St Francis Caracciolo, St Nennoc, St Optatus of Milevis, St Petroc, St Quirinus of Croatia, Ste Saturnina of Arras
5 -St Boniface of Mainz, St James Salmonelli
6 -St Claude, St Norbert, St Philip the Deacon
7 -The Venerable Matt Talbot, St Meriadoc
8 -St Medard
9- St Columba, St Ephraem, the Blessed Diana of Andolo, Ste Pelagia of Antioch
10- Ste Olive, St Landry
11- St Barnabus
12- St Onuphrius, the Blessed Guy of Cortona
13- St Anthony of Padua
14- St Dogmael, the Blessed Castora Gabrielli, St Marcellinus
15- Ste Germaine Cousin, St Vitus, St Abraham, Ste Alice
16- St Benno, St Cyriacus, St John Francis Regis, Ste Lutgardis, St Tychon
17- St Botolph, St Harvey
18- Ste Alena, Ste Elizabeth of Schonau
19- St Boniface of Querfurt, Sts Gervase & Protase
20- The Blessed Michelina, Ste Osanna of Mantua
21- St Alban, St Albinus of Mainz, St Aloysius Gonzaga, St Leutfridis, St Méen
22- St Acacius, St Paulinus of Nola, St Thomas More, St Nicetas
23- Ste Agrippina, Ste Audrey, St Joseph Cafasso
24- St John the Baptist
25- Ste Eurosia, St Molaug
26- St Pelayo
27- Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ste Emma of Gurk, St Gotteschalk, St Laszlo
28- St Basildes, Ste Irene of Constantinople
29- St Paul, St Peter
30- The Venerable Pierre Toussaint, the Blessed Raymund Lull, St Theobald of Provence
Want to see what's going on in other months? Check out:
September - http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1017086/september_holidays_traditions_and_more.html?cat=7
October - http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1051346/october_holidays_traditions_and_more.html?cat=74
November - November Holidays, Traditions and More - Associated Content
December - December Holidays, Traditions and More - Associated Content
January - January Holidays, Traditions and More - Associated Content
February - http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1399052/february_holidays_traditions_and_more.html?cat=74
March - March Holidays, Traditions and More - Associated Content
April - http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1585107/april_holidays_traditions_and_more.html?cat=74
May - May Holidays, Traditions and More - Associated Content
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12 Comments
Post a CommentLove it, love it Bat! I get so many giggles reading the saint's names. Can anyone actually pronounce St Cornelius MacConchailleadh? And I pity those poor children named for saints Theobald, Clotilda, Adalgrin, Blandina, Salmonelli, Lutgardis, Botolph, Aggripina, Eurosia, Moloug, Nenoc,Onuphrius, just to mock a few... most of these sound like a medical condition or the treatment! I kept giggling over the nicknames they'd get! And how 'bout that Blessed Guy & Ste Emma of Gurk (patron st of pickles, no doubt)! But I have to love your Uncle Buck. What an insightful, witty man! That June birthday
list is quite impressive, & now we can add AC's own illustrious Linda Louise Johnson & the brilliant Branwen66 (plus many other great AC writers, I'm sure!). My multi-talented youngest son is a June 10th Gemini, & my brother Steve & close friend Ann are both June 22nd Cancerians, sharing Stupid Guy Thing Day (though neither qualify!). Go Weird Al! Thanks for this fun article, Bat! ; D
This June b/day girl LOVED your article. :)
Great research for this! My husband's b'day is in June :-)
June rules (second only to July - I love fireworks, tho!)
I LOVE the month of JUNE!!!!
This was interesting, thanks!
Thanks, my husband is a June baby :) Sheri
Where the heck do you learn about the weird holidays? They are always so fun to learn about!
I'll have to find a Cobra in Colorado next week. Oh, and yell "Fudge!" when the snake tries to bite me, right? Fun article. :)
June is busting out all over, I got a pub notice, I'll be a million years old on the 23rd, and I don't know how on earth you compile all this stuff. Thanks.