Times Independent | 1931-03-26 | Page 4 | Long-Lived Moon Superstition

long lived moon old foresters hae the strongest opinions as to the influence of the moon on timber in the royal erdl dances of france for the conservation of forests it was laid down that una ber oaks should be felled only during the wane of the moon and the belief superstition it you like to call it so still persists both in france and england the idea is that timber felled at these times Is less liable to rot than when felled during the wax the belief dates right back to roman times