Part 40 (2/2)
_New England._
1119. If cut when it is waxing, the hay weighs and spends well.
_New England._
1120. Plant peas and potatoes in the increase of the moon.
_Miramichi, N.B._
1121. Seeds should be sown when the moon is new. This custom is still more or less observed. Corn should be planted at this time.
_Boston, Ma.s.s._
1122. Plant seed the first three days after the moon changes.
_Alabama._
1123. Plant potatoes ”in the dark of the moon,” so the potatoes will root and yield well.
_Mansfield, O._
1124. The full moon is the time to cut alders, spruce, or other undergrowth, because the roots then die quickly without sprouting.
_Nova Scotia._
1125. s.h.i.+ngle the roof in the decrease of the moon, so the s.h.i.+ngles will lie flat (”go down”). Else they may warp and rise up.
_Mansfield, O._
1126. If a farmer lays a rail fence by the light of the moon, it will be stronger and last longer than if it was laid in the daytime.
_Western New York and parts of Ma.s.sachusetts._
1127. Kill any animal for meat on the increase of the moon, and it will increase in the pot. Kill it on the wane of the moon, and it will shrink in the pot.
_General in the United States._
1128. If hogs are butchered on a rising tide, the pork will not shrink in the pan.
_Ma.s.sachusetts._
1129. You must never kill cattle or pigs, or even wild game, by the ”dark of the moon;” it is most unlucky, and the meat will come to no good.
_Clover Bend, Ark._
1130. If you wean a calf at the time of the full moon, it will make less fuss. You mustn't wean it when the sign is in the belly, or it will never grow fat. Pursue the same course with a pig, or it will squeal.
_Western Ma.s.sachusetts._
1131. To make hair grow, cut it in the new of the moon.
_N.F., N.B., N.S., Me., Ma.s.s., and Talladega, Ala._
1132. Cut hair the first Friday in the new moon, if you wish it to grow.
_General in the United States._
1133. It is the custom for girls to cut their bangs on the forehead when the moon is new. It is supposed to make them grow. This custom is observed by many intelligent young people.
_Boston, Ma.s.s._
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