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Looks like it’s not a case of a fork and but rather of different publishers all trying to serve a common need with a well understood formula. There used to be m

Looks like it’s not a case of a fork and but rather of different publishers all trying to serve a common need with a well understood formula. There used to be many almanacs, then there were two, now there is one.

ninalanyon 11mo ago
On the other side of the pond there are more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Moore%27s_Almanack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Moore%27s_Almanack in England published since 1697 and a similarly named one (without the k) in Ireland, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Moore%27s_Almanac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Moore%27s_Almanac since 1764
- mastazi 11mo ago
  In Italy, where I grew up, my grandparents used to read the Almanacco di Barbanera; the first edition came out in 1762. It is still around https://www.barbanera.it/ https://www.barbanera.it/
  - fsckboy 11mo ago
    barbanera = black beard
  - hencq 11mo ago
    Similarly in the Netherlands, my grandparents used to have the Enkhuizer Almanak. Also still around after 430 years https://www.almanak.nl/ https://www.almanak.nl/