Posts filed under ‘.moon’
Capturing the Moon
A folktale about the wise men of Helm
Moon in Jewish heritage
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When round the moon there is a brugh
When round the moon there is a brugh [halo],
The weather will be cold and rough.
- Scottish proverb
Word Charade: My First aglow with borrowed light
My First aglow with borrowed light,
My Second is a ship’s dimension,
My Whole, as seen to dance by night
Au clair de lune, defies detention.
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Moonbeam
If a circle forms ‘round the moon
If a circle forms ‘round the moon, ‘twill rain or snow soon.
The halo that sometimes surrounds the moon is a beautiful sight. The halo is caused by light that is refracted as it passes through ice crystals of high-level clouds.While these high-level clouds themselves don’t carry any precipitation, they often foretell an advancing system of low pressure, which tends to bring undesirable weather conditions. While rain or snow may not always follow, the appearance of a halo provides a higher probability of wet weather.
The Full Cold Moon
December Video from The Old Farmer’s Almanac
The Harvest Moon
by Ted Hughes
The harvest moon has come,
Booming softly through heaven, like a bassoon.
And the earth replies all night, like a deep drum.
There was an Old Man of the Hague
by Edward Lear: A Book of Nonsense
There was an Old Man of the Hague,
Whose ideas were excessively vague;
He built a balloon
To examine the moon,
That deluded Old Man of the Hague.
