[Sca-cooks] period birthdays

[Aurore]

Ok this is totally weird.  Stefan asking the question.  Aurore



> Andrea commented:
> > Congratulations on your "birth"!  May you find many happy years ahead.
> > The SCA is also the only place you can create your own birthday and not
> > Have people look at you strangely.
> That does seem to be in a modern sense, though. So far, in discussions
> here and elsewhere, no one has pointed me to any evidence that
> birthdays were celebrated in period as we do today. Saint's days,
> probably, but nothing on birth days. And no birthday cakes with
> candles. :-)
> Anyone have any evidence to the contrary?
> Stefan