Manure Spread in the light of the moon (from the day the moon is new to the day it is full) will dry away and blow away in the dark of the moon (from the day the moon after it is full to the day before it is new) It will sink into the Earth! To make a plant grow spit into the hole you have dug for it. Anything planted by a pregnant woman will flourish. Never thank a person for giving you a plant or it will die; In fact the best way to ensure that the plant slips will survive is to steal them. Crops that ripen above ground should be planted in the morning, Plant crops that ripen underground after noon. Never plant anything on the 31st of the month. Anything planted on Good Friday will grow well. Never plant until the frogs have croaked three times because there will be a killing frost before then. Plant clover on the day of the new moon. Peppers should be planted only by a violent tempered person, a red haired person or a person in a bad mood. Never plant onions near potatoes or the eyes of the potatoes will weep, likewise all plants with eyes must be underground by Good Friday or they will weep for the crucifixion. Plant corn after the first woodpecker appears. Plant beans when the horn of the moon points upwards. Always begin sowing on Friday and end on a Friday, if you finish earlier hang your seed bag on the fence and leave it there till Friday. Unless you sit on Thyme after sowing it, it will not grow. Corn must be planted on a date ending in zero. Flax will grow tall if you show it your buttocks. Plant watermelons a week after apple blossom time. It is time to plant corn when your wife comes to bed naked. Put a horseshoe in the fire and as long as it glows red hot haws will not bother your chickens. Scatter elder leaves over your cabbage to keep bugs away. To make a scarecrow more effective makes its arms out of hickory wood. Plant cucumbers while you are wearing your pajamas on the first day of May before sunrise and no bugs will eat them. A new cow won’t be homesick if you bring a stone from where you got her and place it in the manger. To cure founder in a horse cut three locks of hair from your private parts and place them between two halves of an apple and feed it to the horse. A Billy goat kept in a barn will prevent cows from miscarrying. Don’t talk about hens at mealtime or their eggs wont hatch. If a cow has indigestion feed her an onion sandwich, stolen bread or bread taken in silence from a neighbor. If you want to hatch only pullets put a girl’s bonnet under the eggs. Water dripping from your eaves on New Year’s means a good year. If the smoke goes straight up on the first day of February it will be a good crop year. Sleet in February portends a good apple crop. March snow is a good as manure. If you wet a handkerchief with rain on Easter it will be a good year for farmers. Early thunder brings fine crops. If locust trees are heavy with blossoms it will be a good crop year. A white Christmas means a good year for fruit. In a year when plums flourish all else fails.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:35:03 +0000
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