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Flavour of the month

A long January

Tue Jan 31 2023 - 00:01

Sir, – Regarding recent correspondence about the never-ending month of January, I was reminded of Roald Dahl, who suggested removing January altogether and having an extra July instead.

An excellent suggestion. – Yours, etc,

BRÍD MILLER,

Roscommon.

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