ass._

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. Shingle the roof in the decrease of the moon, so the shingles 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 Massachusetts._

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.
_Massachusetts._

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 Massachusetts._

1131. To make hair grow, cut it in the new of the moon.
_N.F., N.B., N.S., Me., Mass., 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, Mass._

1134. Cut hair in the new moon, bury it in earth near a running brook,
and it will make the new hair grow long and abundant.
_Maine._

1135. Clean the spring or well during the increase of the moon, so the
water will _run in_ and fill the spring after it is emptied.
_Mansfield, O._

1136. Make soap in the new of the moon.
_Talladega, Ala._

1137. Make soap in the full of the moon.
_Prince Edward Island._

1138. Do not marry or move during the wane (decrease) of the moon.
_Mansfield, O._

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