Particular sacrifices were enjoined by Moses at every new moon,
which day was also celebrated as a feast. It is promised in Psalm cxxi,
6, The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.” The
effect of a _coup de soleil_, or stroke of the sun, is well known; and
in some climates the beams of the moon are reputed hurtful. Anderson, in
his Description of the East,” says, One must here (in Batavia) take
great care not to sleep in the beams of the moon uncovered. I have seen
many people whose neck has become crooked, so that they look more to the
side than forward. I will not decide whether it is to be ascribed to the
moon, as people imagine here.” In some of the southern parts of Europe
the same opinions are entertained of the pernicious influence of the
moon beams. An English gentleman walking in the evening in the garden of
a Portuguese nobleman at Lisbon, was most seriously admonished by the
owner to put on his hat, to protect him from the moon beams. The
fishermen in Sicily are said to cover, during the night, the fish which
they expose to dry on the sea shore, alleging that the beams of the moon
cause them to putrefy.
which day was also celebrated as a feast. It is promised in Psalm cxxi,
6, The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.” The
effect of a _coup de soleil_, or stroke of the sun, is well known; and
in some climates the beams of the moon are reputed hurtful. Anderson, in
his Description of the East,” says, One must here (in Batavia) take
great care not to sleep in the beams of the moon uncovered. I have seen
many people whose neck has become crooked, so that they look more to the
side than forward. I will not decide whether it is to be ascribed to the
moon, as people imagine here.” In some of the southern parts of Europe
the same opinions are entertained of the pernicious influence of the
moon beams. An English gentleman walking in the evening in the garden of
a Portuguese nobleman at Lisbon, was most seriously admonished by the
owner to put on his hat, to protect him from the moon beams. The
fishermen in Sicily are said to cover, during the night, the fish which
they expose to dry on the sea shore, alleging that the beams of the moon
cause them to putrefy.