Re: Moon?

From: randy and gloria mcdonald (rgmcdon@pacificcoast.net)
Thu Oct 28 06:56:49 1999


and the term "blue" originated because whenever there was a second full moon it was indicated in the Farmers Almanac (I think) by printing it the color "blue".

> Actually, it's not just New England -- I'm from Kentucky originally, now
in > PA, and we say "once in a blue moon". And I believe the dictionary
> definition of a "blue moon" is when you have two full moons in one month.
> The second one would be the "blue moon" -- nothing to do with the color.
> Don't know how often that actually happens!
>
> Sue Ann
>


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