# More on moons *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 14 Aug 1999* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Alice Turner *14 Aug 1999, 11:45* From http://www.noble.mass.edu/ref/fullmoon.htm Native American Names January - Wolf Moon February - Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, Opening Buds Moon March - Maple Sugar Moon, Worm Moon April - Frog Moon, Pink Moon, Planter's Moon May - Flower Moon, Budding Moon June - Strawberry Moon July - Blood Moon, Buck Moon August - Moon of the Green Corn, Sturgeon Moon September - Harvest Moon October - Hunter's Moon, Moon of Falling Leaves November - Beaver Moon December - Cold Moon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- From http://www.fabandpp.org/cotm/moons.htm January - Old Moon, Wolf Moon February - Snow Moon March - Sap Moon, Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon April - Grass Moon, Pink Moon, Moon of the Red Grass Appearing May - Milk Moon, Flower Moon June - Rose Moon, Strawberry Moon July - Thunder Moon, Buck Moon August - Green Corn Moon, Corn Moon, Sturgeon Moon September - Fruit Moon, Harvest Moon October - Harvest Moon, Hunter's Moon November - Frost Moon, Beaver Moon December - Long Night Moon, Cold Moon Remembering that Native Americans were hunters rather than gatherers, I nominate March as Spader's Moon, though a case could be made for February or April. -alga ---