Valentine's Day friend"), which is a game similar to the Christmas tradition of Secret Santa. In Brazil, the "Dia dos Namorados" (lit. "Lovers' Day", or "Boyfriends'/Girlfriends' Day") is celebrated on June 12, probably because that is the day before Saint Anthony's day, known there as the "marriage saint", when traditionally many single women perform popular rituals, called "simpatias", in order to find a good husband or boyfriend. Couples exchange gifts, chocolates, cards, and flower bouquets. The February 14 Valentine's Day is not celebrated at all because it usually falls too little before or too little after the Brazilian Carnival — that can
Valentine Collins Bristol F.2b piloted by Lieutenant King defeated a Fokker D.VII which was sent out of control over Senlemont. Lieutenant Valentine St. Barbe Collins was killed in action at age 24 on 2 September 1918 in France. He is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial at the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery on the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France. Killed with him was Captain Brian Laidley Dowling from Sydney, Australia, who was piloting D7790. He is commemorated on the same memorial. Valentine Collins Lieutenant Valentine St. Barbe Collins (2 January 1894 – 2 September 1918) was a World