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Divisions of the year
The following data is extracted from The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammay Parish, Louisiana, .
It is asserted by the women at Bayou Lacomb that the Choctaw year was divided into twelve moons; but it is highly probable that thirteen not twelve is correct. The native method of reckoning the divisions of the year is no longer practiced, or do the present Choctaw remember the names of all the moons; they assert, however, that the year begins in December instead of the first of January. The only names they can recall are:
December Una’fa hashe, Cold moon.
February Hashe kapo’sha, Moon of snow.
March Hash’mahale, Moon of wind
April Tans hashe, Corn [planting] moon
July Hash’ luwak, Moon of fire.
The year is divided into two seasons, which in turn are subdivided, making four seasons in all:
Spring Tofa ape.
Summer Tofa laspa.
Autumn Unafa ape.
Winter Unafa kapese
Source: The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammay Parish, Louisiana,
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