Part 17 (2/2)

416. If you step on a cigar stub, you will marry the first man you meet.

_Salem, Ma.s.s._

417. Two spoons in a cup is the sign of a wedding.

_Bathurst, N.B., and Wisconsin._

418. If you get two spoons in your cup or saucer, you'll marry a second husband or wife.

419. If a couple out walking together stumble, it is a sign that they will be married.

_Labrador._

420. Sit on the table, Married before you're able.

_Mattawamkeag, Me._

421. If a girl gets the last piece of bread on a plate at the table, she will have a handsome husband.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

422. If all of three dishes at the table are eaten, all of the unmarried people at the table will be married within the year.

_Northern Ma.s.sachusetts._

423. ”If the tea-kettle boils, you will boil your beaux away,” is an old saying.

_Salem, Ma.s.s._

424. If you have a cup of tea handed to you, and there are little bits floating on top, they represent the number of husbands you will have--one, two, or three.

425. A girl that takes her thimble to the table will be an old maid.

_Northern Ohio._

426. Three in a row, Meet your beau.

The one in the middle will have him.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

427. Three lamps in a row, the one who sets down the third will be soon married.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

428. Three lamps in a row foretell a wedding in the family.

_New York._

429. To look into a tumbler when you are drinking is a sign that you will be an old maid. If you look over the side, you are a flirt.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

430. To wash the hands under a pump denotes that you will be a widow.

_Chestertown, Md._

CHAPTER VII.

WISHES.

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