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March’s forecast according to the Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack calls for both temperature and precipitation to be average.

Weather watch: Fair, breezy, cool (2-4). Look for colder days and snow showers (59), then fair, breezy, cool (1012), followed by light rain, with flurries, colder (13-16). More rain or snow showers (17-19), with clear, cool (20-21). More rain or snow (22-23), followed by a period of rain (24-27), the month going out like a lamb fair, mild (28-31). Expect stormy weather 5-7 and 13-16.

Full Moon: Following the month of February with no Full Moon, March has two, as did January; the first, known by some as the Sap Moon when maples in the sugar bush start to burgeon producing sap for syrup, occurred on the 2nd at 1:58 a.m. E.S.T.; the second, occurred at 5:49 p.m. JS.S.T., is called a Blue Moon. » Special notes: Beware of possible March winds during the month. Welcome spring on the 20th as the sun enters the House of Aries at 8:46 p.m. E.S.T. Observe Palm Sunday Pn March 28. iV March is Poison Prevention Month. Be sure to Secure such items so that inquisitive children cannot have access to them. Also, 'learn what measures should be taken in the event of accidental exposure.

On St. Patrick’s Day, 'Wednesday, March 17, join in the wearing of the green and Tollow the advice of many who swear by getting potatoes in the ground on that day, the .ground being dry enough.

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