Sailor's delight;
Red in the morning,
Sailors take warning.
_Maine and Eastern Massachusetts._

982. Evening red and morning gray
Will speed the traveler on his way.
Evening gray and morning red
Will bring the rain upon his head.
_Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio._

983. Evening red and morning gray,
You'll surely have a pleasant day.
_New York._

984. Red sun, hot day to-morrow.

985. High wind at dawn is a sign of a "civil" (calm) day.
_Newfoundland._

986. Sun's "hounds" (a sort of halo) before the sun denote dirty weather;
after the sun, denote fine weather.
_Scilly Cove, N.F._

In Prince Edward Island and the United States these halos are called
"sun-dogs," and are said to be a sign of coming rain.

987. Much snow during the winter denotes good crops next year.
_New Harbor, N.F._

988. If the stars are scarce, big, and dull, it portends mild weather in
winter. If large and bright, it portends frost in winter.
_Newfoundland._

989. Stars twinkling are a sign of bad weather.
_Labrador and New Harbor, N.F._

MOON.

990. When the moon is on the back, it denotes weather wet or mild; when
on the end, it denotes frost.
_Newfoundland._

991. Should the new moon lie on its back, it is a sign it will be dry
that month, for the moon would hold water. The Indian says the hunter can
hang his powder-horn upon it. But should the new moon stand vertically,
it will be a wet month, for the moon will not hold water, and the
powder-horn will slip off. Very many, however, reverse these signs.
_New England, New York, and Ohio._

992. The Indians told the first settlers that if the moon lay well on her
back, so that a powder-horn could be hung on the end, the weather during
that moon will be dry.
_Nova Scotia._

993. The moon changing in the west denotes that fine weather will prevail
during that moon.
_Bay Roberts, N.F._

994. If the moon changes near midnight there will be fine weather. The
nearer to midnight, the finer the weather.
_Conception Bay, N.F._

995. A disk or ring around the moon indicates bad weather (rain or snow).
_Newfoundland._

996. A circle round the moon means rain. In some localities the number of
stars inside the circle denotes the number of days until it will rain.
_Prince Edward Island; g