Say to the new moon over your right shoulder,—
New moon, new moon. 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.
Superstition #1084
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1084.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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