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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_f6iFM5vR12gOS0z+HX0xGw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Re: [NatureNS] Wolf MoonHi Phil et al, I don't think an "actual definition", is possible in folklore. There are many definitions of a blue moon so choose the one you like and run with it. Here's a summary from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon Hans ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Schappert To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Wolf Moon I...snip... with the second full moon, the Blue Moon, occurring New Year's Eve. Cindy Day was explaining tonight on "Live at Five" that the "2nd moon in a month being a "blue" moon" was really an old astronomer's tale (no need to bash old wives for this one). Apparently the actual definition is that a "blue" moon is the 3rd moon in a quarter (or season, eg. between Dec 21st and Mar 21st) that has 4 moons...whodathunkit? Phil -- Phil Schappert, PhD 27 Clovis Ave. Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3 902-404-5679 (home) 902-460-8343 (cell) www.myspace.com/philschappert www.philschappert.com www.aworldforbutterflies.com "Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..." (Michael Hedges) --Boundary_(ID_f6iFM5vR12gOS0z+HX0xGw) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [NatureNS] Wolf Moon</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18852"></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Phil et al,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't think an "<EM>actual definition</EM>", is possible in folklore. There are many definitions of a blue moon so choose the one you like and run with it. Here's a summary from Wikipedia: <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=philjs@eastlink.ca href="mailto:philjs@eastlink.ca">Phil Schappert</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Wolf Moon</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=-1 face=Arial>I...snip... with the second full moon, the Blue Moon, occurring New Year's Eve.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Cindy Day was explaining tonight on "Live at Five" that the "2nd moon in a month being a "blue" moon" was really an old astronomer's tale (no need to bash old wives for this one). Apparently the actual definition is that a "blue" moon is the 3rd moon in a quarter (or season, eg. between Dec 21st and Mar 21st) that has 4 moons...whodathunkit?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Phil</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>-- </PRE></X-SIGSEP> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier><BR>Phil Schappert, PhD</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier><BR>27 Clovis Ave.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier>Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier>902-404-5679 (home)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier>902-460-8343 (cell)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier>www.myspace.com/philschappert<BR>www.philschappert.com</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier>www.aworldforbutterflies.com</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier><BR>"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-1 face=Courier> <SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN> (Michael Hedges)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_f6iFM5vR12gOS0z+HX0xGw)--
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