Over the last two or three years I have become increasingly aware of the moons’ presence.
A couple of years ago, I leant over our garden fence to ask our
elderly neighbour when I should plant my potatoes. Don’t you have a
calender showing the moon cycles, was the reply. I feared my Woolworths
calender probably didn’t include such information so I sheepishly
replied, No, still not realizing what this had to do with my potatoes.
The elderly man put down his spade and disappeared indoors. He soon
reappeared with a spare calender which clearly showed all the moon
cycles. This information he told me was more important than the
standard calender. We then sat down under an apple tree and he
explained when I should sow and harvest my potatoes.
The moon also affects children’s behaviour. They appear to be
louder, excited and more uncontrollable when there is a full moon. It
is also very common practice to give children a syrup, readily
obtainable at all pharmacists, for 5 days after a full moon, to get rid
of the ‘worms’.