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Valentines Day
You either love it or you hate it but you can't deny it!
Selection of facts we dug up about the day for your amusement!!
- Long before St Valentines Day became the celebration it is today, it was associated as the time of year when birdies chose their mates!
- 3% of pet owners will give a Valentines gift to their pets!
- 1st Valentines gift was sent by the Duke of Orleans to his wife after he was captured in 1415.
- In the middle Ages, there was a belief that the 1st unmarried person of the opposite gender that you met on St Valentines morning, would become your spouse!
- In medieval times, on St Valentines Day – stories have been told of girls eating unusual food items in order that they would dream of their future spouse
