[Killer Whale]

The 'hungry months' were early summer, before the harvest and after the stored food had run out.
Commonsense history check: how could medieval people celebrate 'Fat Tuesday' if they were short of food?

Early American settlers had a different experience, where their inexperience with the climate and other local conditions led them to run out of food earlier in the year. It seems that this has pushed the concept of the May Famine (which I was familiar with), back to March and April in the Western collective consciousness.

I'm not anti-American as such, but this sort of thing does wind me up somewhat.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Me too!