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I don't know if this belongs under folklore or astronomy LOL so please bear with me. I know I have heard that Emergency Rooms experience a measurable upsurge around a full moon. My office seems to get a lot more than the usual weirdness then too. I am wondering do other people or businesses feel some repeating effect of a full moon?
Yup my husband and father, who are both doctors, say the ER is much more busy on the full moon. Also my father says that he receives a lot more crisis calls at that time too, and more of his patients try to commit suicide around the full moon than at any other time, except Christmas, which is the worst for suicides.
And personally as a mom I've noticed the kids are more hyper around that time of the month, too.
The Moon affects the ocean tides and in case you didn't notice we as humans are nothing but liquid enclosed with skin (how sexy is that picture?) So it is reasonable to assume that the Moon affects us also maybe in some strange and weird ways! AAAAAROOOHOOO! I love to howl when the moon is full !!!! Its the shaving after that pisses me off!
A friend of mine once worked in a mental hospital. He said that during a full moon the place went mad! And, a few of them that had to be restrained would indeed howl! It was so bad that during a full moon, staff would call in sick much more than the usual rate because it was down right scarry.
Just to offer an opposing viewpoint, there is a theory that the reason there appears to be a full moon effect is that people remember things more when they have the full moon to associate it to. In other words, people are more likely to remember things when they see a full moon because they stand out.
There have been studies to the effect as well. In one such study of a hospital's emergency room calls, it looked like there was indeed a full moon effect. However, the day the full moon fell on (forgot which day of the week) was typically more busy than the days of the week prior.
Well, I know there was something I read (who knows where now LOL) that suggested in pre-electric lighting days that people were out more at night when the moon helped to light things up a bit. It suggested the extra night activity was carried forward culturally. But what I specifically seem to notice is more outright wierdness, not just more activity.
My aunt predicted the birth of her kids according to the full moon. She took her due date, checked out when the full moon would fall and said the day she thought her son or daughter would be born. SHE WAS RIGHT! She said she would never make it past the full moon.
Personally, I think we are affected by it. Unfortunately I am not always the quickest to connect the dots. LOL
Back in the 1800s and before, if a crime was committed on a full moon, the convicted could actually claim "lunacy" and the sentance would then be reduced. Kind of like our "temporary insanity" plea except the only form of proof of lunacy was whether or not there was a full moon that night.
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