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If the moon at her rising looks pale and dim, 

 expect rain ; if red, it is a sign of wind ; and if 

 white, and the sky clear, it will be fair weather. 



"But four nights old (for that's the surest sign), 

 With sharpeu'd horns, if glorious then she Mine; 

 Next day, not only that, but all the moon, 

 1 ill her revolving race be wholly run, 

 Are void of tempests." 



Dry den's Virgil. 



If the new moon does not appear till the 

 fourth day, it prognosticates a troubled air for 

 the whole month. 



If the new moon, either at her first appear- 

 ance, or within a few days after, has her lower 

 horn obscured or dusky, or any ways sullied, it 

 denotes foul weather before the full ; but if she 

 be discoloured about the middle, storms are to 

 be expected about the full; and if her upper 

 horn be affected, about the wane. 



When the moon on her fourth day appears 

 pure and spotless, her horns unblunted, and 

 neither fiat nor quite erect, but betwixt both, it 

 promises fair weather for the greatest part of 

 the month. 



An erect moon is generally threatening and 

 unfavourable, but particularly denotes wind, 

 though if she appears with short and blunted 

 horns, rain is rather to be expected. 



Signs from various causes. 

 When a white mist appears in the evening, 



