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14. Some article of clothing intended for an unborn baby must be left unfinished or unbought, or the child will die.
Newfoundland.
15. If a baby is measured within a year, it will die.
Dildo and Carbonear, N. F.
16. It is unlucky for a father to make a coffin for his first child. The child would die.
Carbonear and New Harbor, N. F., Labrador.
17. It is unlucky to put the baby to the looking-glass before a year old. The child will die.
New Harbor and Harbor Grace, N. F., Labrador.
18. It is unlucky to cut an infant's nails before a year old. The child will die.
Trinity Bay and Carbonear, N. F.
19. The higher the day-dawn the more wind, the lower, the less wind.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
20. A sky red before sunrise and the color disappearing before sun is up means wind; if the red continues after sunrise, a fine day.
New Harbor and Heart's Delight, N. F.
21. Sunset with a pink hue in the eastern sky is a sign of rain.
Newfoundland.
22. Northern lights, if whistled to, will come near (so half-breeds say).
Labrador.
23. Northern lights working to the west mean storm or bad weather (in winter).
Topsail Bay, N. F., Labrador.
24. The fire burning blue means rain.
New Harbor and Carbonear, N. F.
25. Smoke falling is a sign of bad weather, rising of fine weather.
New Harbor and Carbofiear, N. F.
26. The cracking of ice in cold weather is a sign that mild weather is coming.
Newfoundland.
27. Frost coming out of rocks and boards is a sign that mild weather is coming.
Newfoundland.
28. A smoky chimney is a sign of mild weather.
Trinity Bay, N. F.
29. If seal nets in winter "shingle," i. e. rise, from say ten fathoms or more, to the top of the water, coated with ice, it is a sign that mild weather is coming.
Labrador.
30. Thunder ends in the quarter the wind is coming from.
Labrador.
31. If a squall lasts longer than the calm, the wind is increasing, if the reverse, decreasing.
Carbonear and New Harbor, N. F.