The oyster season opened on 5 August, old St James’s Day, with large supplies from Faversham, Whitstable and the other Kent nurseries, though Hone advised that those who wanted oysters at their best should wait for cold weather. His Year Book records the belief, stated as a remarkable thing, that oysters and all other shellfish are best at the full of the moon.
Shellfish and the Full Moon
Every full moon
Lore and belief
It is stated, as remarkable, that these, and all shellfish, are best at the full of the moon.
From Hone's Year Book, cols. 905-906. Read the original
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