The Full Egg Moon on April 2nd

 On April 2nd there will be a full moon, this is nothing strange as there is a full moon each month. They all have there own names. Today the press in the UK tend to use the American names for the full moons which come from the Old Farmers Almanac. These names date back to 1792.

However I prefer to use the old English names that go back to the beginning of the monastic period of history during the Anglo Saxon period. They have been good enough for well over 1400 years and I see no reason to stop using them now.

The full moon in April according to the Old Farmers Almanac is the Pink Moon so called because of pink flowers that bloom at this time of year.

The old English name for the full moon in April is the Egg Moon, this however has nothing to do with Easter but due to the increasing amount of daylight. As the period of daylight increases the hens, geese and ducks start to lay more eggs.

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