Pinch punch it’s the first of the month

Taking inspiration from Susie Dent’s excellent book ‘Word Perfect’ today’s first of the month word of the day is ‘Mud Month’.
Apparently February only became the name of the second month in the Julian calendar in the thirteenth century.
In ‘Old English’ the second month was known as Mud Month. Sounds about right if the paths around here are anything to go by!