Show bundle of twigs serves as calendar for indians A quaint system of calendar making similar to that employed by th the eDible Bible patriarchs Is practiced by the darcee indians of the indian reserve outside calgary alberta it Is the medicine mans responsibility notes a writer in tit bits magazine to transfer each morning a twig from a bundle representing the unused part of the month to another bundle that represents the used part altogether he has five bundles each containing thirty twigs the third bundle signifying june in summer and december in winter is always kept in two equal parts the divisions denote mid summers day in one instance and mid winters day in the other in winter the twigs are kept with their points downwards in summer the position Is reversed having only five bundles to tally off six months each halt half year the medicine man always uses the fifth bundle twice the picturesque names and emblems by which the indians recognize the months run as follows april frog moon bull frogs croak may sprouting of green leaves and grass june egg ducks moon july boulting Moul ting ducks moon august plying flying ducks moon september running of the deer october fall of leaves moon november misty moon december clear frosty moon january great moon february kagle eagle moon aloon eagles soar march goose moon geese come |