eight hours.
_Massachusetts._

1063. If the fall "line storm" clears off warm, it signifies that storms
through that fall and winter will clear away with mild weather, _i.e._,
the way in which the storm closes at the autumnal equinox will rule the
weather following storms until the vernal equinox storm. Then the same
saying applies to the "line-storm" of March, and the spring and summer
_after_ storms is foretold.

The contrary would happen if cool weather followed the line storm.
_Weathersfield, Vt._

1064. In the fall, if the sky is red in the west at sunset, a gale is
coming from the northeast.
_Newfoundland._

1065. If a sky turn gray, the wind will be north.
_Newfoundland._

1066. First rise after low
Foretells stronger blow.

1067. Sailors putting the end of the sheet overboard will bring wind.
Hitting it three times across the thwart stops the wind.
_Topsail Bay, N.F._

1068. The day of the month of the first snowstorm indicates the number of
storms in the year.
_Eastern Massachusetts._

1069. If the stars are remarkably clear and bright, it is likely there
will be a storm the next day.

1070. Stars in a circle around the moon foretell a storm in the same
number of days as there are stars.
_Maine, Massachusetts, and New York._

1071. Stars shooting about portend wind.
_Heart's Delight, N.F._

1072. A shooting star shows that wind is coming from the direction toward
which it goes.
_Conception Bay, New Harbor, N.F._

1073. If stars are in thick patches before twelve at night, it is a sign
that wind will come next day from that quarter.
_Hearts Delight, Trinity Bay, N.F._

1074. For the sun to rise and go into a cloud means a storm.
_Massachusetts._

1075. If the sun sets in a bank, the wind will be in the "western bank."
_Bay Roberts, N.F._

1076. If the bottom of the tea-kettle is white when taken from the stove,
it indicates a snowstorm.
_Peabody, Mass._

1077. The sun "getting up water" denotes wind and dirty weather.
_Scilly Cove, N.F._

1078. Whistle for a breeze.
_Universal among sailors._

1079. Whistling of wind in blocks aloft is a sign of a heavy storm.
_Conception Bay, N.F._

CHAPTER XV.

MOON.

DIVINATION.

1080. Repeat, looking at the new moon the first time you see it,--

New moon, true