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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Finnish:

oak month (or central month if you don't use current meaning of the word)

pearl month

ground month

clearing the forest of trees for field month

planting seed month

summer month (or plowing month by original meaning)

hay harvesting month

grain harvesting month

autumn month

muddy month

death month

yule month

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finland would have a higher population if they would just get rid of Death Month.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's just a name, like the Forbidden Month or the Month of No Return, all the months have names like that in the Season of Terror.