April 23 - European Festival of the Green Man, Spirit of Vegetation and Forests
Zillions of ancient churches in the UK have carvings of the Green man in them - usually a face peering through ivy
- ivy (n.)
Old English ifig, from West Germanic *ibakhs (cognates: Middle Low German iflof, Dutch eiloof, Old High German ebahewi, German Efeu), of unknown origin;
- Sigurd's Day (Germanic)
Saint George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in AD 303
Also Patron Saint of Georgia (near to Ukraine)former Soviet