Part 28 (1/2)
742. If you go around the chimney without sitting down, you will bring company to that house.
_Guilford, Conn._
743. Company on Sunday means company all the week.
_New England._
744. If you have company on Monday, you will have company every day in the week.
_General in the United States._
745. If you drop the dish-cloth, it is a sign you will have company.
_General in the United States._
746. If you almost drop a dish-cloth and catch it before it falls, it is a sign of a visitor.
_Bathurst, N.B._
747. If you drop a dish-rag, some one is coming hungry.
_Alabama._
748. If the dish-cloth on falling to the floor spreads out, the visitor will be a lady; if it falls in a heap, it will be a gentleman.
_Cape Breton and Central Maine._
749. If you drop the tea-towel, it is a sign of company.
_Pennsylvania._
750. If you go in at one door and out at another, it is a sign of company.
_New York and Ohio._
751. Going out through one door of the house and in through another means a visit from agreeable company.
752. If you go in at one door and out of another of the house of a friend, a stranger will enter the house soon.
_Central New Hamps.h.i.+re._
753. If you go in at the back (or front) door of a house, and out at the front (or back) without sitting down, you will bring company.
_Guilford, Conn._
754. If you forget anything on your departure from a visit, you will go there again.
_Eastern Ma.s.sachusetts._
755. If the fork is dropped at the table, a man will call.
_Pennsylvania._
756. If you drop a fork, and it sticks in the floor and remains in a standing position, it is a sign that a gentleman will call; but if a knife, a lady will call.
_General in the United States._
757. Should you drop a knife or scissors so that they stick into the floor and stand up, it is a sign of company.
_New York._
758. The dropping of any sharp-pointed instrument which sticks up in the floor, such as a knife, a pair of scissors, etc., foretells company coming from the direction in which the article leans.
_Ma.s.sachusetts._
759. If the scissors drops there will be visitors; if the small blade sticks in the floor it will be children; if the large, adults.