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New Moon

New Moon Folk Beliefs

Explore documented folk beliefs connected to New Moon, including related clusters and country variants.

3 documented beliefs · 1 country

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Parent Topics

Nature & Sky9Moon4

Related Topics

Trees1Time & Calendar1

Themes

Luck & Misfortune2Dreams & Divination1Marriage & Love1

Contexts

Trouble Omen1Wishing1Love Divination1Rhyme1

Countries

United States

Beliefs in This Cluster

Dark night scene of the new moon through trees, with a superstition linking this sight to trouble or misfortune.

New Moon Through Trees Superstition

The superstition holds that first seeing a new moon through trees, branches, or brush brings bad luck or trouble for the coming month. Historical records… 

A person making a wish during a new moon night on a terrace with candles and a scenic view.

New Moon Wish Superstition

Moon Folklore The new moon wish superstition holds that a wish made when the young moon is first seen may come true. Older folklore records… 

Night scene under a new moon with a candle and a handwritten note related to love divination rhyme.

New Moon True-Love Divination Rhyme

The “new moon, true moon” rhyme belongs to a family of love-divination verses recorded in nineteenth-century English-speaking folklore. The words were spoken when the new…