FORTUNE.
1094. The moon seen over the right shoulder brings good luck; over the left shoulder, ill luck.
General in the United States.
1095. If you should see the moon over your left shoulder, and should without speaking turn round and look at it over your right shoulder, your ill luck will disappear, and you will be as well off as if you had seen it over your right shoulder first.
Maine and Massachusetts.
1096. It is bad luck to look at the moon over your right shoulder. If through mistake you should look at it over your right, face around, take three steps backward with your hands clasped behind, and then look at it over the left shoulder.
Alabama.
1097. If you see the moon square in the face, you’ll have a fall.
Nashua, N. H.
1098. See the moon over the left shoulder,
You will have a fall (tumble).
Bedford, Mass.