Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-30
1.uNAR -suPERsT1TIoNs.

From the earnest pcriou " ."
worlds history, the moon, that mild
faced. e~motionless, innocent looking
luminary which oecasionly operates MS
a medium OF light for our otherwise
dark nights, has been regarded by GER
tain classes in all communities with n
degree of superstitious awe, in many
instances ridiculous TO contemplate.
The moon is said by them to exercise
great influence over this world, and in
u measure to effectively control things
generally throughout nature. So thor
oughly imbued are somc people with
this belief, that pretty much everything
they DO is regulated by, or has somo
reference to the moon. Potatoes, corn,
wheat, beans, pumpkins, in fact pretty
much all varieties of seeds, must be
planted 1t a certain stage of the moon,
or they will not prosper and turn out
we'll. Another idea, fully us NONSENSE
cal, is, that if you clip your hair at new
moon, it will grow long at the full, and
as the moon wanes, the hair will fall
out.
1t is a popular belief among old wives
tina. the moon exercises a great in6u-
ence over babies, as we'll as grown peo-
pie. Thus the child born on the first
day of the new moor is fortunate in oil
his undertakings, and long lived;
one born on the fifth day will be vain
and deceitful; and one born on the sixth
will live long; one born on the seventh
will have q life Of trouble; one born on
the ninth will be rich; one born on tho
tenth will be a great traveller; one born
| on the eleventh will be II dcvotee to re-
ligiou; one born on the sixteenth will
DO grateful and unfortunate; one born
on the eighteenth will be brave; one
born on the twenty-frst will be strong
and healthy, but selfish; n born on
the twenty-second will be cheerful, but
inclined to low society; n born on the
tw~enty-third will be ungovetnable, will
forsake family and friends, and wander
in a foreign country-unhappy through
life; one born on the twenty-fourth will
have extraordinary ability, one born on
the t~wenty-ffth will be desperately
wicked and como to q fearful death; one
born on the twenty-seventh will be
amiable; one born on the thirtieth will
have tho acme of all good gifts, tenn
poral and spiritual.
In the matter Of planting, We have
heard apparently sensible old farmers in
California express their views about
seed sowing, in accordance with what
We have expressed above, yet consist
emily commencing at their favorite stage
of the moon, they kepton sowing after
wards regardless Of the changes or con-
ditious Of their all-controlling luminary
until their crops were all planted. Ac-
cording to their superstitious theory,
the result should have been u cores
pouding variety in the productiveness
of their crops, but although such re-
suit was not percievable, the old heredi-
tary notions were so firmly implanted
within their minds that reckless rs to
their ~fallacy, they went on sowing in
after years with just the samo notions as
before. So, too, We have often heard it
said both on sea and land, that any
one sleeping in the open moonlight
was almost sure to be ''moon-struck'
and made crazy, yet how many thou
sands on their passage to California,
throughout the gold regions, as we'll as
all over this part of tho country, have
slept in the open air regardless of the
moons potent rays, and none expert
encing any dcleterious effects which
could be honestly attributed to the in
nocent queen of night. All such re-
diculous superstitions are "mcrc matters
Of moon-shine."