Kill any animal for meat on the increase of the moon, and it will increase in the pot. Kill it on the wane of the moon, and it will shrink in the pot.
General in the United States.

Kill any animal for meat on the increase of the moon, and it will increase in the pot. Kill it on the wane of the moon, and it will shrink in the pot.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1127.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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