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Author Topic:   Why isn't the solstice New Years Day?
ramoss
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Message 11 of 33 (714618)
12-24-2013 12:30 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Tanypteryx
12-23-2013 8:30 PM


Two reasons.
1) It used to be they did not correct for the drift of days in the leap year.
2) The Roman Senate made the first day of the year the day they started to
meet after the solstice (i.e.. it's a political choice).

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Message 15 of 33 (714628)
12-24-2013 2:29 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by jar
12-24-2013 1:27 PM


Re: Why? Because.
The laws about infant , and infant mortality is this.
If a child is older than 30 days, all the laws about mourning apply.
If the child is younger than 30 days, and it is certain that the child is 'full term' (or at least 7 to 9 months after conception), then if the child has taken even one breath, the laws of mourning apply.

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