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.