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Does anyone here recall being taught by their ancestors things concerning crop planting, hole digging, livestock slaughtering, livestock castration, medical procedures/surgeries or any of the other various agrarian activities common to the "old time" way of life being based on the various phases of the moon, seasons, or signs of the strars?
For instance when you dig post holes, the phase of the moon supposedly determines if you have too much, too little or just right amount of dirt. Thus if a post-hole is dug at the wrong time, that fence will always be loose.
There was a series of magazines (Foxfire magazines) which were compiled into books (the first in 1972 called the Foxfire Book) which explain some of these old time ways, anecdotes & remedies.
I'm just curious as to what didn't get passed on to my generation ( I'm 42)as technology replaced "lore".
Enlighten me fellows. My Grandma passed away last year
Bucky
For instance when you dig post holes, the phase of the moon supposedly determines if you have too much, too little or just right amount of dirt. Thus if a post-hole is dug at the wrong time, that fence will always be loose.
There was a series of magazines (Foxfire magazines) which were compiled into books (the first in 1972 called the Foxfire Book) which explain some of these old time ways, anecdotes & remedies.
I'm just curious as to what didn't get passed on to my generation ( I'm 42)as technology replaced "lore".
Enlighten me fellows. My Grandma passed away last year
Bucky
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