The Moon as Oracle.

I was at a bit of a loose end, so I looked up some moon superstitions. I liked:

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

If you sleep in the moonlight, you will become insane. (From the pain of the rheumatism, maybe.)

The thing that you hold in your hand when you see a new moon will trouble you all the month. ?????!!!!!

But my favourite is:

When you see the new moon clear, kiss the first person you meet, so that you may get a new dress.

That’s definitely one to bear in mind in about two weeks time.