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Where did the phrase 'once in a blue moon' come from? A folklorist traces the convoluted evolution of the phrase, while discussing why it adopted the many meanings it has throughout history.
Farmers' almanacs published in Maine began calling the third full moon in a season with four a blue moon. Theories abound as to why the publishers did this. Some say that third moon was traditionally called blue in the Czech language, while others think the term comes from the French phrase double moon, la deux lune, which sounds like blue moon. Other theories hold that almanacs started out printing the various types of moons in different colors, while still others assert that those third moons were bad luck, thus rendered blue.