Part 28 (2/2)
_Nashua, N.H._
760. A needle dropping on the floor and sticking up means visitors.
_St. John, N.B._
761. If a knife be dropped at table, a woman will call.
_Pennsylvania._
762. If you drop a knife at table, a lady will come during the evening; if a fork, a gentleman is coming.
_Talladega, Ala._
763. If you drop a knife, your visitor will be a woman; if a fork, it will be a man; if a spoon, it will be a fool.
_Pennsylvania._
764. If you drop a knife, it is a sign a lady is coming to see you. If a fork, the visitor will be a man; if a spoon, your cousin.
_New York._
765. Two knives beside a plate mean a lady stranger; two forks, a man.
_Peabody, Ma.s.s._
766. To put two spoons in your teacup is a sign of a stranger.
_Maine and Ma.s.sachusetts._
767. Two forks or spoons crossed on a plate signify that a stranger is coming.
768. If you wash the sugar-bowl, you will have company.
_Eastern Ma.s.sachusetts._
769. To have too many plates on the table means guests.
770. If an extra plate be accidentally placed upon the table, some visitor will come hungry.
_Northern Ohio._
771. If you are offered an article of food at the table, which you already have on your plate, but forgetting that you have it, take some more, it is a sign that a stranger is coming to your house before you eat another meal.
_Quebec._
772. If stems of tea-grounds are found in the cup, it denotes that visitors are coming. If you wish them to come, bite the heads off and throw them under the table.
_Deerfield, Ma.s.s._
773. If the stems of tea-grounds come on top of the cup, visitors are coming. Bite one, and if it is hard, it will be a man; if soft, a woman.
_New Hamps.h.i.+re._
774. If successful in the attempt to take stems from your tea, a friend is going to visit you.
_Alabama._
775. If a tea-stem is on top of the cup, put it in your shoe, and you will have company.
_Ma.s.sachusetts._
776. If a tea-stem floats in the tea, it is a sign you will have a visitor. If it is hard, it is a man; if it is soft, it is a woman. If it is long, the visitor will be tall; if short, the visitor will be short.
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