t see the new moon with full hands, that is, with busy
hands, you will be busy, full of work, all the month; if idle, the
reverse.

1104. See the new moon through a glass,
See sorrow while it lasts.
_Deer Isle, Me., and Salem, Mass._

1105. If you see the new moon through trees or brush, you will have
trouble that month.
_General in the United States._

1106. If you see the new moon full in front, you will meet your lover
within the week.

1107. If you see the new moon face on, you will go headlong through the
month.
_Salem, Mass._

1108. Moon full face,
Open disgrace.
_Portland, Me._

1109. One who chances to have a cup in his hand when he first sees the
new moon is destined to wait on the sick until another new moon appears.
_Alabama._

MOONLIGHT.

1110. Some say you can see the man's axe and dog in the moon.
_New Brunswick._

1111. If the moon shines in your face as you lie in the bed at night,
you'll die inside of a year.
_Central Maine._

1112. It is a general belief that it is dangerous to sleep with the moon
shining on the face. If the moon shines on fish, they will spoil.

1113. Horses will be cured of any one of several diseases if you will
insert a bit of silver--a dime is the favorite coin--in the part
affected; but it is imperative that you do this by the "light of the
moon."
_Clover Bend, Ark._

WAX AND WANE.

1114. Set out cabbages in the new of the moon to make them head up well,
and gather apples in the new of the moon to make them keep well. Plant
potatoes in the old of the moon.
_Mitchell Co., N.C._

1115. Plant flowers in the increase of the moon.
_Pennsylvania._

1116. Be careful as to the phase of the moon when felling timber.
_General in the United States._

1117. If brush and thistles are cut down in the full moon in August when
the sign is in the heart, they will never grow again.
_Copied from an agricultural paper._

1118. Grass cut when the moon is waning will not "spend well."
_New England._

1119. If cut when it is waxing, the hay weighs and spends well.
_New England._

1120. Plant peas and potatoes in the increase of the moon.
_Miramichi, N.B._

1121. Seeds should be sown when the moon is new. This custom is still
more or less observed. Corn should be planted at this time.
_Boston, M