At 02:41 AM 3/25/2012, you wrote:
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>    Why the 25^th of March? One theory is that it was close to the spring
>    equinox and also was a prominent date on the Church calendar: the Feast
>    of the Annunciation, informally known as "Lady Day".
I thought it was because that was the day Frodo threw the One Ring 
into the fires of Mount Doom...?
         -Tivar Moondragon