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.