I've always wondered about it.
2006-09-30 04:41:21 · 5 answers · asked by Cap'n Crunch 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It is a term from the sixteenth century. "Green" refers not to the color of the moon, but to new immature cheese. Round like the shape of the moon with a mottled surface and color similar to that of the moon. In 1546, John Heywood wrote in Proverbes that "the moon is made of greene cheese,"
In 1963 people refered to the moon as being made of green cheese. Some say it was just a nonsensical answer to children's queries about the moon at the time. It could have originated from a European folk tale. It is said it has Danish origins and that Shakespeare refers to the folktale in Hamlet.
2006-09-30 06:28:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the source I cite below, it goes back nearly 500 years: John Heywood's Proverbes (1546): "The moon is made of a greene cheese," greene meaning new, unaged. Similar quotes in the works of Francois Rabelais and Thomas More. Other citations: "You may as soon persuade some Country Peasants, that the Moon is made of Green Cheese (as we say) as that 'tis bigger than his Cart-wheel" (Wilkins, New World 1, 1638).
2006-09-30 12:09:48 · answer #2 · answered by MBH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what I'd like to know!!! That theory has been around since before I was born. And I'm ancient!!! Maybe, you could ask Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin, they were there.
2006-09-30 11:55:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone ignorant without a doubt.
2006-09-30 11:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Walt Disney while he was high.
2006-09-30 11:44:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mimi Di 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋