Half-Moon Pie (1905)

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   DARE has 1940 for "half-moon pie."  This was the only citation before that date.  Notice that it's before the date of the commercially trademarked "moon pie."


  THE RUNNING AWAY OF BAD BUD; BY WILLIAM WALLACE, JR.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; May 28, 1905; pg. FP10, 1 pgs
("And his mother has said: 'A little half-moon pie for my boy's lunch to-morrow.'")