LOL That happens in Sept maybe Oct around here L.B. Alex Silbajoris wrote: > > > > The name of the month of December, in Lithuanian: > > Gruodis (December). The rains of autumn and the mud finally end. The > ground freezes with the cold, it becomes hard and coarse. Every clod > of soil hardens, ice covers the puddles. Country roads, a mire of mud > in the fall, are now bumpy and lumpy, wheels shake and jump as they > turn unevenly. Soil that has frozen into such lumps is called > "gruodas". Hence the month's name. > > > >