What they say in New England; a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions (1896)
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, comp · Boston, Lee and Shepard · leaf 148
ave good luck all that year. The Baptists in times past used toimmerse their converts in the streams.The immersing was done entirely inde-pendent of weather and seasons. Fre-quently baptism occurred in midwinter,and a hole had to be cut through the icefor the rite. It was said that in… … THE MOON If there is a circle around the moon,that is a sign it is going to storm. Thenumber of stars you can see within thiscircle shows how many days distant thestorm is. There is some sense in this,in that there would be no circle were theair not hazed with moisture, and thethicker the moisture,…
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