March Madness

Named for Mars, the Roman god of war, March was originally the beginning of the year.
According to Shakespeare, a soothsayer warned Julius Ceasar "beware the Ides of March." Translation: Beware of March 15th. Such a dastardly day it is. But did you know that there is an "Ides" in every month? It's the 15th day of March, May, July, or October, or the 13th day of any other month in the ancient Roman calendar.

mad as a march hare = completely mad. Hares behave excitedly in March, which is their rutting season. Rut, which is akin to Middle Irish rucht, meaning roar, is an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement.

I like learning new things. :-)