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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’.

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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’.

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I think I have some but have never needed to use it.  I was given it by the doctor when my son had chicken pox bizarrely.  It is to calm them, I guess it would,d have stopped him scratching in the night, who knows, it has a picture of a full moon on it too!

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My mother (in Switzerland) would never plant anything but on a growing moon, and also never cut her hair on a waning moon. When she had her Cataracts done she was only accepting an appointment which was corresponding to a certain phase in the moon (but I can't remember what).
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Yes, yes.  Hear all that stuff about plants and births etc, etc.

But WHY? (and that is sort-of shouting)   I mean, what for goodness sake is the biological reason why it's better to plant a spud when the moon is getting to its zenith (if that's the right phrase) or to go in to labour at the same time?

Old wife's tales if you ask me. 

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"Old wife's tales if you ask me."

Probably so Gardian but think where the word "lunatic" comes from, the full moon certainly seems to have affected them for hundreds of years.

Re. the plants, doesn't the moon have an effect on temperatures and high tides? It's bound to affect plants and people.

Wonderful stuff, all this nature and folk lore.[:)]

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Yes, yes.  Hear all that stuff about plants and births etc, etc.

But WHY? (and that is sort-of shouting)   I mean, what for goodness sake is the biological reason why it's better to plant a spud when the moon is getting to its zenith (if that's the right phrase) or to go in to labour at the same time?

Old wife's tales if you ask me. 

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Somebody explained it once to me and this makes sense (to me anyway!): The human body consists of a lot of water

(I think it is quite an amazing amount), so just like the sea with its tides we are influenced by the moon.

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Another influence from the moon is via the extra amount of light in some phases. I remember learning in a course on animal behaviour that the oestral cycle of some animals coincides with a certain phase of the moon and is due to the effect of light on a part of the brain. (Not sure if it applies to humans.[:$]) To go back to the gardening calendar - they take into account the sign of the zodiac too. I suppose that's to do with the time of the year.
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[quote user="Patf"]I remember learning in a course on animal behaviour that the oestral cycle of some animals coincides with a certain phase of the moon and is due to the effect of light on a part of the brain. [/quote]

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Errr ........... still unsure as to how this might affect my spuds.

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[quote user="Gardian"]

[quote user="Patf"]I remember learning in a course on animal behaviour that the oestral cycle of some animals coincides with a certain phase of the moon and is due to the effect of light on a part of the brain. [/quote]

[8-)]

Errr ........... still unsure as to how this might affect my spuds.

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I have just done a search on BBC Gardeners World and they say that the moisture content in soil and plants (sap) fluctuates with the moon's cycle but it also says somewhere else that science hasn't explained it yet. 

Apparently Prince Charles and HRH the Q garden by the moon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/gqt/lunar.shtml

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  • the waxing moon, which is the growing moon from new to full. That's

    when the moisture level in the soil is at it's highest and when you

    should do your planting.

  • the waning moon which is from full to last quarter. That's

    when the moisture content is at its lowest and there's less sap rising

    in your trees and shrubs so it's when you should do your pruning.
  • the waxing moon, which is the growing moon from new to full. That's

    when the moisture level in the soil is at it's highest and when you

    should do your planting.

  • the waning moon which is from full to last quarter. That's

    when the moisture content is at its lowest and there's less sap rising

    in your trees and shrubs so it's when you should do your pruning.
  • the waxing moon, which is the growing moon from new to full. That's

    when the moisture level in the soil is at it's highest and when you

    should do your planting.

  • the waning moon which is from full to last quarter. That's

    when the moisture content is at its lowest and there's less sap rising

    in your trees and shrubs so it's when you should do your pruning.
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    I was forced to have my long hair trimmed yesterday.  No choice.  I had gone into the local hairdressers a couple of weeks ago, asking for an appointment, and she said that she wouldn't do it until a full moon.  Hence the visit yesterday.  The thing is, I assumed that she would have a salon full of people.  But I was the only one there....

     

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