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Blue Moon

Posted by ESC on September 13, 2004

In Reply to: Blue Moon posted by John Fletcher on September 13, 2004

: The following appears under the Blue Moon heading.

: Another possible derivation is from The Maine Farmers' Almanac. When there were two full moons in a calendar month the first was printed in red, the second in blue.

: The Maine Farmers' Almanac defined the blue moon as the third moon in a season that had four full moons.

That was interesting.

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