Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-05-14
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THE MOON AND THE WEATHER,

h After testing the question again and
again, modern meteorolOgists have
come to the conclusion that the moon
has no sort Of influence over the
weather, agreeing With the Iron
Duke, that it is nonsense 20 place
any faith in her as weather predic-
tor. Time vas when she was thought
absolute mistress Of the seasons
Plinys has the following lunar wealth
er wisdom !: Fine weather. wind, or
rain may be looked for according as
the moon rises with pure white, red,
or sWarthy light. III, ct fool, moon,
half the disks clear, fine weather is
betokened : if red, wind IL black,
rain. IF at the rising Of the new
moon the upper horn is obseured,
lhene viii kea a prevalence. of wet,
when she is on the Wane If the low
er horn is obscured, there VIII be rain
before she attains her full If both
horns appear Obtuse, a frighful tenn,
pest Is near : If they are sharp and.
erect. high winds may be expected.
Darwin declares II as a sure sign Of
coming rain when the moons head is
hiddenlin haloes. A correspondent
of Notes and Queries says large cir.
Gle round the moon, with north or
northeast wind, pFedieatese stormy
weather II the wind comes from
any other, quarter there will still
be rain, but less of it. II, however, the
moon rises after sunset, the appear
ance of a ring round her is not so sig
nifieant as the Dutch rhyme puts it,
-'' A ring round the moon, ~
Nav poSs axvau soon
Bot a ring round the sun el
Gives water in the tun. 80
An Old Spanish pF0Verb says the
circle of the moon never tlled q
pond, but the circle of the sun vets a
shepherd /; while an English rhyme
pronounces - rIfr-f .-.y .---
Ifround the moon circles seen -
ofwbite, and all the sky's sereneP7
The following day, you may divine,
Will surely prove exceeding hne. q
Whene'er, in autumn or in spring,
A iristthe moon doth with it bring
AZ noon the sun will bright appear,
The evening be serene and eleaF. -
The tufning up of the horns of the
moon is another sign OF fair weather.
."fsbefeIs no liI-slihOod of q drop now,
am the moon lies like. a boat there" ("
saws somebody in Adam Bede. South-
ev notices this notion in. one Of his
letter. .s''POor .Littledale has this day
explained the cause Of the rains
W hfeh prevailed for the LAST fve
weeks. by a theory which will prob
dbIv be fis new To- YOU as it Is to me.
1T have observed he says, that
[,ben the moon is turned upward we
lave fine weather after it, but when
n "a turned down, then we have wet
season and the reason think Is that
when it is turned down it holds no
water. like basin, you know, and
down it eomes.TD 1t isa very conn
mon belief that the weather depends
unop the moon changing before or
after midnight a belief absurd on
the face fit, since as has been OBJ
served. the moon may change before
10 af Westminster, and after twelve
st St Paulis. DIR. Adam Clarke was
oI,iivibns Of this fact when he put
6ortii a weather prognostieeto
through all the lunatiOns Of each year
forever, showing the observer what
kind oil weather Will A1OoI
follow the entrance ofthe moon IN any
one of her quarters, aud thst so near
the truth as to seldom or never be-
found to fail. Our readers can easily
decide as to the worth of the reyer-
end Doctors weather guide they
have only to note the time Of the
moon 8 entrance upon a new quarter,
and compare the actual result Win
that anticipated by the prOgnosticator.
IL would De -useless to quote bis Tor
mlfhted observations, for, HE all
other prophecies concerning the lu-
mar phenOineua, there's q total neg
leet of the fact that weather Is local
and not universal. In other words,
tine change i'm the moon that IS sup.
posed to have given good weather IN
the south. Of England, has probably
been attended with exceedingly bad
weather in SeOtland.-ChdDlbers
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