Moon Pie (1941); Zip (1862)

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MOON PIE

   OED wants an entry for this.  DARE is not much help.  This is a little different from the trademarked "moon pie."

WHERE TO DINE IN THE
PENNA. "DUTCH" REGION
by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Aurand Press, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1941

Pg. 26, col. 1 (Amish and Mennonites):
   Those attending meetings are fed on "moon pies."  The lower crust is rolled out to the usual pie-plate size, one-half covered with apple snitz (dried apples) and the uncovered part of the crust laid up over the "contents."  This forms a secure "pocket" for this type of filler, and is called a "moon," or "half-moon" pie.  Hundreds of these are prepared on the Saturday before the meeting.

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ZIP

   The man who thought up the "ZIP" code has died.
   This book has some Civil War "zip."  It was microfilmed with DINING IN CHICAGO (1931) (see catnyp.nypl.org for cite, clicking on the call number).

CONCISE HISTORY
  OF THE
CAMP AND FIELD LIFE
  OF THE
122d REGIMENT, PENN'A VOLUNTEERS
  COMPILED FROM
NOTES, SKETCHES, FACTS AND INCIDENTS,
  AS RECORDED IN THE
DIARY OF GEORGE F. SPRENGER
FIRST SERGEANT, COMPANY K.
The New Era Steam Book Print, Lancaster, PA.
1885

Pg. 21 (August 20, 1862):  ..."hard tack, salt horse and schpeck,"...
Pg. 27 (August 27, 1862):  ..."skedaddlers"...
Pg. 45 (September 17, 1862):  ...what were termed shelter tents, but more commonly called _dog-houses_ by the boys...
Pg. 57 (October 3d, 1862):  ...the proverbial "gray-back"...
Pg. 62:  "Hello, boys, wake up, you are in danger of getting moon struck!" (See ADS-L archives for "hello"--ed.)
Pg. 71 (October 20, 1862):  ...the entire rebel armed could and should have been "bagged"...
Pg. 72 (October 21, 1862):  ..."General Jack Frost," who hailed from the bracing and wholesome regions of the northwest...
Pg. 82:  That, just a day or two previous, the cavalry forces of our enemy--"the Johnnies"--...
Pg. 152:  ...deployed their sharpshooters, whose bullets very audibly whistled the well-known "_zip, zip, couzzinn, couzzinn_," as they cleft the air above our heads and lodged in the pale fences as well as houses of the street opposite our position.
Pg. 157 (December 20, 1862):  ..."_Golly-Molly, Boys_"...
Pg. 209 (January 31, 1863):  ..."the Johnnies" (as they were familiarly termed)...
Pg. 298:  ...whilst around and above the air resounded with the well-known "_couzzin, couzzin,_" "_zip, zip_" as the death-dealing messengers were sped on their errands of destruction...