Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1890 — WEATHER SIGNS. [ARTICLE]

WEATHER SIGNS.

Some savages imagine that a fresh moon is created every month, and it may possibly have be-m a somewhat similar idea that has caused the new moon to become the so eject of the numerous customs and superstitious fancies which one not unfrequently meets with. It is customary with country people to bow or courtsy to the new moon, and by some it is also supposed that a wish made at such a time will be gratified. It is held too, that the money in one’s pocket should be turned for Hick. To see the moon through glass, however, is considered unlucky. When the moon is on its back, that is to say with the horns of the crescent pointing upward, it is thought by some to indicate frost. Sharp horns of the ••ew moon are supposed to presage wind; and when the outline of the entire plannet can be traced it was in Scotland looked upon as a sign of bad weather. ,