Newfoundland.
989. Stars twinkling are a sign of bad weather.
Labrador and New Harbor, N. F.
MOON.
990. When the moon is on the back, it denotes weather wet or mild; when on the end, it denotes frost.
Newfoundland.
991. Should the new moon lie on its back, it is a sign it will be dry that month, for the moon would hold water. The Indian says the hunter can hang his powder-horn upon it. But should the new moon stand vertically, it will be a wet month, for the moon will not hold water, and the powder-horn will slip off. Very many, however, reverse these signs.
New England, New York, and Ohio.
992. The Indians told the first settlers that if the moon lay well on her back, so that a powder-horn could be hung on the end, the weather during that moon will be dry.
Nova Scotia.