The name derives from a legend according to which, for shelter from the cold, her chickens and a blackbird was originally white, took refuge in a chimney , from which emerged on 1 February, all blacks because of the soot. From that day all the blackbirds were blacks.
According to a more elaborate version of the legend of a blackbird, with a beautiful white plumage, was regularly Strapazzata of January, cold month and shady, who had fun waiting for the blackbird came out of the nest in search of food, to lay on the ground cold and frost. Tired of the continuous persecution the blackbird one year he decided to make supplies for a month, and shut himself up in his lair, away for the entire month of January, which was then only 28 days. The last day of the month, the blackbird thinking of having misled the bad in January, came out of hiding and began to sing to mock. January resent so much that he asked to borrow three days in February and wild with storms Snow, wind, frost, rain. The blackbird took refuge on the sly in a chimney and to stay out there for three days. When the blackbird came out, was saved, but its beautiful plumage was blackened by the smoke and so remained for ever with the black feathers.
As with all legends, lies a kernel of truth, even in this version we can find a bit ', because in the Roman calendar the month of January was only 29 days, probably, over the years and passed down orally turned into 31. Again according to legend, if the days of the blackbird are cold, the spring will be beautiful if they are warm Spring arrives late.
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