The Moon 145
Some say that no work prospers unless begun in the new of the moon.
When the new moon appears, observe whether you can hang a powder-horn on its curve or not. If you can, the month will be a pleasant one. If you cannot, the month will be wet.
This, in the days of the fathers, was known as “An old Injun sign.”
It was put in words like these: “If the Indian finds he can hang his powder-horn on the new moon, he takes it down, and goes off for a hunt. If he can’t, then he stays at home.” The idea is that the moon is the place whence rains come — that it is a sort of dish which, when sufficiently level, retains the water, but when too much tipped up, allows it to run over the edge.
Wish on the new moon, and you will get whatever you wish for,
Have your hair cut in the new of the moon and it will come out fine and nice.
“When I trim Ben’s whiskers and cut his hair in the new of the moon, it grows out as fast again.”
The nearer it is to noon when the moon changes, the nearer the next storm is.
