Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-05-15
The Moon ana the weather.

The Moon and the Weather.
After testing the question again aud
again, modem meteorologisls have
come to the conclusion that the moon
has no sort of influence over the wealth
rr, agreeing with the Iron Duke, that
it is nonsense TO place any faith in her
as . weather p1edic.o,. Time was
when she was thought absolutely mis-
'ess of the seasons. Pliny has the
following lunar weather wisdom: Fine
weather, wind OF rain may be looked
for according as the moon rises with a
pure white, red or swarthy light. If,
at full moon, half the disc is clea', fine
weather is betokened; if red, wind; if
black, rain. If at the Using OF the
new moon the upper horn is obScuied,
there will be prevalence OF wet when
she is on the wale; if the lower HON
is obscu;ed taere viii be rail before sne
atiaips he. full; if both horns appear
obtuse, a ffightful tempest is neai; il
they a.e sharp and erect, high winds
may be expected. Darwin declares it
as sure sign of coming lain when the
moons head is hidden in halOs. A corr
respondent of Notes and Qoeiies says
large ci ele around The moon, with a
north or notsheast wiud, p edicales
stormy weather; if the wind comes
from ady otbec qra etthere will still,
be rain, but less OF il. If, however, the
moon rises after sunset the appeara ice
of a ring round her is nosso significant
as the Dutch rhyme pu.s it: ..s
A ring roJpd - moon .-.- -.... F..
Ma pasS away soor;
itl- III. ~ Bdr ring rC, nG the sun
..aar Give4 water in the tan5na ii.c-t
An old Spanish. proverb says the circle
of the moon never filled pond, but
the circle of the sun wets, a shepherd:
while an English rhyme pronounceS:
II rouud Tue moon a ell ele's seen
CT White and all the sISy's serene,
The following y. you may divine,
Will surely nrove exceeding fine,
Whene'er, in autumn or IN spring,
A mist The moon doth with 1t bring,
At noon the sun viii bright appear,
| The evening be serene and clear.
The turning up of the hons of the
new moon is another sign of fair wealth
er. "There's no likelihood of a droI
now, am the moon lies like a boa
there" says somebody in a dcez's Bede
! Southey notices this notion in one
of his letters: t"Poor Littledale ha'
this day explained The cause of thC
rains which have prevailed for the las
five weeks by a theory which vii
probably be as new to youa5 it is t.
me. Il have observed, he says, tina
when the moon is turned upward WI
have fine weather after it, but when i
is turned down, then we have we
season; and the reason / think is, tha
when it is turned down, it holds NJ
water, like a basin, you know, ant
4 down it comes. 1t is very common
belief that the weather depends upol
he moon changing before or afie
4 midnight; belief absurd on the lac
I of it, since, as has been well observed
the moon may change before u n
Westminster, and after 70 at St. PaUl's
DIR. Adam Clarke was oblivI0us Of thi
fact when he put forth a weathe
prog5ostieato", through all the luna
tions of each year forever, showin
tire observer what kind of weathe
will most p obably follow the entianc
of The moon into any of her quarters
/. and that so nea,' the truth as to seldom
o. never be found to fail. Our readei
can easily decide as to the worth of th
reverend Doctors guide; they hav
only to note the time of the moo rs en-
! trance upon a new quarter, and com
> pare the actual result with that antici
pated by the proguosticator. Itwoul'
be useless to quote his formulated oh
sefvations; for, like all other prophe
cies concerning the lunar phenomena
there is total neglect of the fact tha
weather is local aad not universal. I
other wor6s, the change in the moo
that is supposed to have given goo
weather in the south of England ha
probably been attended with exceed
ingly bad weather in Scotland
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