2196. If a stray dog howls in the moonlight with his nose pointed at a person, that person will die...................................Western Kentucky

1 For weather signs connected with the moon, see Weather, numbers 2572-2594.

2197. If the moon stays away all night, there has been much robbery going on during the night...........................................Mountains

2198. Moonlight will dull a razor.... Southern Kentucky

2199. If you sleep in the moonlight, you will have rheumatism.

2200. If you sleep in the moonlight, you will become insane.

2201. It makes one homely to sleep with the moon shining on his face... .........North-eastern Kentucky

2202. If you shoot toward the moon, you will fall dead....................................Mountains

2203. If you see the reflection of the moon in a well, you will have good luck..........Southern Kentucky

2204. A red moon is a sign of war.

2205. If you can see a woman in the moon, you will obtain riches.............................Mountains

2206. If you can see a man in the moon, you will have bad luck ..............................Mountains

2207. It is lucky to look at a dollar while the moon is shining upon it over your left shoulder.

2208. It brings bad luck to see a woman combing her hair in the full of the moon.. .North-eastern Kentucky

2209. People who have moods of meanness are ruled by the moon.

2210. If you plant seeds in the moonlight, the crops will be good.

2211. If you plant your seed in the full moon, you will have bad luck.

2212. To see the new moon over the left shoulder is an omen of bad luck.

2213. To see the new moon over the right shoulder brings good luck.

2214. To see the new moon through brush or clouds portends more or less trouble until after the moon fulls.

2215. After you have seen the new moon through trees, you will have trouble that month if you are not good.

2216. If you look at the moon through the tops of trees, your sister or brother will die.........Mountains

2217. If you see the moon through brush that makes a cross, you will have bad luck. If the brush is straight, for example, canebrush, you will come to no harm.....................Central Kentucky

2218. If you see the new moon through brush, you will shed as many tears as any vessel will hold that you have in your hand...................Mountains

2219. It means good luck to you to see the new moon clear of clouds and brush, especially if you take hold of a piece of money and turn it over in your pocket.

2220. When you see the new moon clear, kiss the first person you meet, so that you may get a new dress___..................................Blue Grass

2221. It causes bad luck to you if you look at the new moon through a pane of glass.

2222. If you look through the window at a new moon, there will be illness in the family.

2223. It is unlucky for a bride and groom to see a new moon out of a car window. North-eastern Kentucky

2224. If you see the moon as you go up hill, you will have good luck..........................Blue Grass

2225. If you see the moon as you go down hill, you will have bad luck......................Blue Grass

2226. It is a sign of fire to see the new moon through telephone wires.

2227. Show the new moon a piece of money.

2228. If you have some money in your pockets when you see a new moon, look over your shoulder, and you will never be bankrupt...............Mountain

2229. If you show your pocket-book to the new moon, you will have twice as much money in it.... Mountains If you shake an empty pocket-book at the new moon, you will have it full of money before the next new moon..........................Mountains

2230. If you see the new moon with something in your hand, you will receive a present.

2231. The thing that you hold in your hand when you see a new moon will trouble you all the month.........................................Blue Grass

2232. When you see the new moon, stop, reach down, and get some dirt out from under your left heel, tie it in a rag, and put it under your pillow. What you dream will come true................Mountains

2233. The first appearance of a new moon on Saturday is lucky.

2234. If the new moon appears on Saturday, there will be rain for the next forty days.........Mountains

2235. Vegetables that mature under ground must be planted in the dark of the moon.

2236. Vegetables that mature above ground must be planted in the light of the moon.

2237. Plant root vegetables in the dark of the moon, vegetables for leaves (as cabbage and lettuce) in the new moon, and vegetables for blossoms and fruit (as peas and beans) in the full moon.

2238. For little vine, plant in the dark of the moon. If potatoes are planted in the light of the moon, the crop will be near the ground.

2239. Only Irish potatoes, say some, should be planted in the dark of the moon.

2240. If you plant potatoes when the sign of the zodiac1 is in the heart, the insects will not attack them.......................................Mountains

2241. All tuber plants should be planted in the dark of the moon, say some. This opinion contradicts the superstition that only Irish potatoes should be planted in the dark of the moon. For example, corn should be planted in the dark of the moon, so that the ear will be low and large.

2242. Plant asters in the light of the moon.. .Blue Grass

2243. Plant flowers in the light of the moon, that they may be large and beautiful.

2244. Plant flowers (everything in which vine is desired) when the sign is in the fingers.

2245. Plant all vines in the light of the moon.

2246. Sow grass always in the light of the moon.

2247. Plant melons, cucumbers, and the like when the sign is in the twins.