Part 7 (2/2)

TEETH.

157. A broad s.p.a.ce between the teeth indicates a liar.

_Biddeford, Me._

158. Broad front teeth mean that one is generous.

_Biddeford, Me._

159. A s.p.a.ce between the two front upper incisors signifies wealth.

_Mansfield, O._

160. If the front teeth are wide apart, it means one can't keep a secret.

If overlapping, one is close-mouthed.

_Boston, Ma.s.s._

161. Do not trust people with pointed teeth.

_Chestertown, Md._

162. If you have a s.p.a.ce between your teeth, it is a sign that you will die of consumption.

_Baltimore, Md._

163. A lump (enlarged papilla) on the tongue is a sign one has told a lie.

_Mansfield, O._

CHAPTER IV.

PROJECTS.

Love divinations or love charms, I have found, are popularly known as ”projects” in parts of New England and on Mt. Desert. On Prince Edward Island and in various parts of the Canadian provinces the practice of such divinations is usually spoken of as ”trying tricks.” If a number of young people are together, one will say, ”Let's try tricks.” In the Middle and Western United States the usual colloquial expression for these love divinations is ”trying fortunes.” One girl will say to another at some appropriate time, ”Let's try our fortunes.”

APPLES.

164. Eat an apple at midnight before the gla.s.s, saying,--

Whoever my true love may be, Come and eat this apple with me,

holding the lamp in the hand. The true love will appear.

_Winn, Me._

165. Throw a whole apple-paring on the floor, after swinging it three times around your head. It will form your true love's initial letter.

_General in the United States._

APPLE-SEEDS.

166. When eating an apple, snap it with the fingers and name it for a person of the opposite s.e.x. Count the fully developed seeds (all of the others are kisses), and the last one must correspond to the following formula:--

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