names of moons & heraldic colors

[heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 1369

I was hunting for a list of When Full Moons Were In 1980 and 1981 for a
fanfic thing, and found something interesting about moons.
In Midieval England, Full Moons had names - one of the websites I saw said
that this was commonly done before the months had the names that they
currently do.
Anyhow, the Full Moon in January is called the WOLF MOON, the Full Moon in
March is the WORM MOON and the full moon in July is the BUCK MOON. No dog
moon, in midieval english, although the colonial & algonquin August Moon is
the DOG MOON (siriusly!)
I would guess this means nothing, but I found it a little interesting.

Then, when doublechecking the difference between a buck & a stag, for
obvious reasons (there's no difference according to m-w.com - a buck is a
deer & a stag is a deer) I came across a list of heraldic colors (see below)
and symbols (check out http://digiserve.com/heraldry/symbols.htm for the
list of animal symbols) and it made me pause - Slytherin colors symbolizing
Hope & Joy? Huh? :

Or, yellow or gold - Generosity.

 Argent, white or silver - Peace and sincerity.

 Sable or black - Constancy, sometimes grief.

 Azure or blue - Loyalty and truth.

 Gules or red - Military fortitude and magnanimity.

 Vert or green - Hope, joy and sometimes loyalty in love.

 Purpure, purple - Royal majesty, sovereignty and justice.

 Tenne or tawney - Worthy ambition.

And if you do need to find out what phase the moon was on a particular day,
check out http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html - they can give it to you
for any date & time, from 1800 to 2199AD.