goose moon
See 1749 quote.
See also: goose month
- 1749  These is a certain Season when these Birds are expected on their Journey Northward, and they are expected at York Fort and Churchill near at the same time, for which Reason, at both Places the[y] call the New-Moon nearest the twenty-fifth of March, or the Spring Moon with us, the Goose Moon.
- 1921  Yes, truly, the long-tarrying but wonderous Goose Moon had at last arrived, and at last, too, the spring hunt was on.