To see the new moon for the first time through glass is unlucky
especially the first one in the year.
You should always turn the money in your pockets when you see the first
new moon in the year, and if one of the other sex is near an interchange
of kisses increases the good luck.
To see the new moon the first time over your right shoulder is lucky,
but if over the left shoulder it is unlucky.
The first new moon in the year is stronger in its influence than the
others.
If the new moon does not appear until the fourth day, it foretells a
troubled time for the whole month.
When the moon appears on the fourth day very clear and sharp and rather
on the slant, it promises mostly fair weather for the month.
An erect moon is said to threaten wind.
Near full moon a misty sunrise,
Bodes fair weather and cloudless skies.
When the clouds of the moon to the West fly away,
You may safely rely on a settled fair day.
When mountains and cliffs in the clouds appear,
Some sudden or violent showers are near.
Sun rising red and fiery foretells wind and rain. If cloudy and the
clouds decrease it is a sign of fair weather.
If after rising the sun goes to bed again (that is going behind clouds)
it is a sure sign of rain.
The evening red, the morning grey,
Are surely signs of a very fine day.
Children are told they may go and play in the fields, or open, when the
sun shines on both sides of the hedge.
A black cat following anyone into a home brings good luck.
Mice coming into a house indicate a death.
A mouse running over anyone is an infallible sign of death.
The squeaking of mice behind the bed of an invalid, or the appearance of
a white mouse running across a room, are also signs of death.
Pigs should be killed when the moon is on the rise.
If killed when the moon is waning the fat of the pork will shrink.
It is unlucky to bring a squirrel into a house.
The first time you see any lambs turn your money.
If their heads are turned towards you it is lucky, but if their tails it
is the reverse.
Moles work harder than general before rain.
A mole's foot carried in the pocket is a sure prevention against
witches.