1082. New moon, moon, Hail unto thee! In my sleep upon my bed, May the one I am to wed In my dreams smile on me. _Middleboro', Mass._ 1083. If you see the new moon over the right shoulder, take three steps backward and repeat,-- New moon, true moon, true and bright, If I have a lover let me dream of him to-night. If I'm to marry far, let me hear a bird cry; If I'm to marry near, let me hear a cow low; If I'm never to marry, let me hear a hammer knock. One of these sounds is always heard. _Tennessee._ 1084. Say to the new moon over your right shoulder,-- New moon, new moon.[TN-9] come play your part, And tell me who's my own sweetheart; The color of his hair, the clothes he shall wear, And on what day he shall appear. Then dream. _Massachusetts._ 1085. The first time you see the moon in the New Year, look at it and say,-- Whose table shall I spread? For whom make the bed? Whose name shall I carry? And whom shall I marry? Then think of one you would like to marry, and go your way. Ask some question of the first person you meet, and if the answer is affirmative, it indicates that you will marry your choice; if negative, it means you will not. _Told by a Norwegian girl in Eastern Massachusetts._ 1086. Rest a mirror on the head and look at the new moon in it; as many moons as you see mean the number of months before marriage. 1087. When it is new moon, take out a stocking, and as you knit repeat,-- This knot I knit To know the thing I know not yet, This night that I may see Who my husband is to be, How he goes and what he wears, And what he does all days and years. _Nashua, N.H._ 1088. Look over the right shoulder at the new moon, and count nine stars, pick up whatever is under your right foot, such as a stick, pebble, or what not; put it under your pillow, and you will dream of whoever is to be your husband. _Deer Isle, Me._ 1089. When you see the moon, say,-- I see the moon and the moon sees me, And the moon sees somebody that I want to see. _Massachusetts._ 1090. New moon, true moon, true and trusty, Tell me who my true love must be. _Pennsylvania._ 1091. Wish the first time you see the moon, and your wish will come true. _General in the United States and Canada._ 1092. Bow to the new moon seven times the first time you see it, and you'll get a present, or wish and you will get your wish. _New England._ 1093. If you shake your dress at the new moon, you will get a new one. _Alabama._ FORTUNE. 1094. The moon seen over the right shoulder brings good luck; over the left shoulder, ill luck. _General in the United States._