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Index of Subjects Beautiful photos, Hans! Thank you for sharing. I grew up with the December moon being called the Frost Moon and the January moon being the Wolf Moon. (Like common names of plants - it depends!) Cheers, Joan PS Also liked the picture of Dumping Day. I used to take my Grade 6 class at Port la Tour to the wharf to watch and cheer when all the boats went out at once to the firing of a gun around 7:30am. J Hans Toom wrote: > Hi 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 <mailto:philjs@eastlink.ca> > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto: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) >
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