1114. Set out cabbages in the new of the moon to make them head up well, and gather apples in the new of the moon to make them keep well. Plant potatoes in the old of the moon. _Mitchell Co., N.C._ 1115. Plant flowers in the increase of the moon. _Pennsylvania._ 1116. Be careful as to the phase of the moon when felling timber. _General in the United States._ 1117. If brush and thistles are cut down in the full moon in August when the sign is in the heart, they will never grow again. _Copied from an agricultural paper._ 1118. Grass cut when the moon is waning will not "spend well." _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, Mass._ 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._