DCHP-3

goose month

[trans. < Cree; see 1965 quote]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the month in which the spring migration of geese occurs, roughly from mid-March to mid-April.

Quotations

1784
The savages, in some respects, regulate their months by the appearance of birds; and have their Goose month from the vernal appearance of Geese from the south.
1939
Spring arrived in April--the goose month. . . .
1965
April in the Cree dialect of this area is Niskapesim, goose month. That means Canada geese; and September is Wawaypesim, wavy goose moon ( " wavy " being English-Cree slang for blue and snowy goose).