Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-04-14

which the. ehsnye Of tho moon OCCURS.
Thus, If the moon changes on Sunday,
We are told 4tbero will be a flood before tho
mouth IL OUT whereas new moon on
Mloo9dsyy T. nearly everywhere welcomed as
oelng oertal9 omen not only for fsir wes-
ther but good luck. A change, however,
on Satuiday seetps universally regarded as
o bad sign, aud numerous proverbs TO this
effect arc found, Scattered here and there,
10 most parts of England ny we'll ns Scot.
land S6uie Of the most prevalent arc tho
following: "4'shs1 ~ ia a'l
A Saturdays change aud o Sundays full
Onoo 10 seven years is once TO soon.
10 Norfolk the peassntry say:
Saturday new and Sunday full ..
Never was good and never wull.
The sumo notioo exists on the continent;
"Wednesday in Italy and Friday 10 the
South OF France being regarded as upfa-
vorubio days tor Il change of mcon. Again,
various omens are made from the aspect of
tho moon. At Whitby, for instance, wheu
tho moon is surrounded by halo Of
watery clouds, the seaucn say thcro will be
change Of weather. for tho "moo d sdops"
are about. This halo is called in Scotland
"burgh," the oar'y Teutopic word for. oirse,
| ss 10 the following rhyme: .I
About tho moon there is bureh,
The weather will DO oauld and rough
A pale DuoD, too, is equally unfavorable;
piece OF weather lore to which Shakes
peuro a!ludes 10 ''Midsummer Night .
Dream" (Act ii SOY:
Therefore tho moou. tho governces of Hoods,
Pale iu her anger, washes all tho air,
That rheumatic diseases do abound.
When tho moons horns appear to point
upWard it ~ said to look like boat, aid IN
many parts there is al idea that when it ,s
thus situated there will be no rain-n
superstition which George Eio, describ's in
"Adam Brde:" 1T 'ud ha been better luck
if they'd ha' buried him i the forenoon,
when the rain was faIlin'; there's DO Iikeli-
hood Of drop now. An tho moon lies
like boat there. That's q sure sigu vi
fair weather" According to tho sailors,
when tho moon is in this position it dcpotos
tiue weather; for, to use their phrase, "You
might hang yonr hat upon it," In Liver
pool, however, It is considered y sign Of foul
| weather, us the moon is nnw considered to
| hc like u bahin oi water ahout to fall. The
Scotch provcrb inculcatcs the following ud-
monit,ob:
The honeymoon is on her back,
| Mend your shues aud sort your thack.
Whenever largo planet or lurge star is
seen near the moon it is said by seefarips
men to prognosticatc bois,erous weather,
for, to mako use Of their term, GA big star
Is DIGGING the moon" Some years ago,
ssys correspondent Of Notes aud Queries,
u i.hermao of Tolqaa5 told me after q
violent guile that ho had foreseen tho storm
as ho haj observed ono star ahcud of the
| moon towing her, aud another astern ohas-
lug her Many other supersiitious faucies
ore associated with the moons supposed in
tucnco on tho westher, varying, Of course,
in different localities. Thus lear moon
is generally supposed to augur bright wca-
ther il summer aud frost 10 winter. One
proverh tells us:
If the moon shows silver shield
BE rot afraid TO roap your field;
But If she lises hsIoed round,
Soon we'll tre.d ou deluYed ground.
ln winter time, according to popular
adage,
Clear moon. frost soon.