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.
1139. To take away warts, steal a dish-rag out of the house, without anybody's knowledge, and go out of doors in the first of the moon, rub the dish-rag on the wart, and say: "Here, new moon! take away my new wart." Then throw the dish-rag away where no one can find it, and tell nobody. Talladega, Ala.
1140. To cure warts, go out of doors when the moon is new, take up a handful of mud, looking at the moon all the time, and rub on the wart. Holderness, N.H.
SUN.
DOMESTIC AND MECHANICAL OPERATIONS.
1141. To make good bread, stir it with the sun. To make good yeast, make it as near sunrise as possible. Northern Ohio.
1142. If you wish to secure lightness, you must always stir cake and eggs a certain way, that is, the way the sun goes. Kittery, Me., Nashua, N.H., Eastern Massachusetts, and Southern Michigan.
1143. Eggs and cake are commonly beaten and butter made by stirring sunwise. Newfoundland.
1144. To make cake light, it must always be stirred the same way. Dalton, Mass., and Alabama.
1145. In cooking soft custard, the stirring must be continued throughout in the direction in which it was begun; otherwise the custard will turn to whey. Eastern Massachusetts.
1146. If, after turning the crank of a churn for a while with the sun, you change and turn the other way, it will undo all the churning you have done. Ferrisburgh, Vt.
1147. Ice cream will not freeze rightly unless the crank is turned the right way. Concord, Mass.
1148. In making lye soap, if you stir it backward it will turn back to lye. Warren Co., N.Y., and Alabama.
1149. In melting sugar for taffy, stir always one way, or it will grain. Allston, Mass.
1150. In greasing the wheels of a carriage, always begin at a certain wheel and go round in a set way. Peabody, Mass.
CURES.
1151. In rubbing for rheumatism, etc., rub from left to right (sunwise). Concord, Mass.
