On the first day of March Bulgarians  put the „martenitsa“-s on their clothes or wrists and wish each other health and happiness with the words „Happy Grandma Marta!“ (from the Bulgarian word for „March“ – „mart“) Martenitsa (Bulgarian: мартеница) is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and worn from March 1 until around the end of March (or the first time an individual sees a stork, swallow, or budding tree). The name of the holiday is Baba Marta. „Baba“ (баба) is the Bulgarian word for „grandmother“ and Mart (март) is the Bulgarian word for ...