Part 46 (1/2)

_Cambridge, Ma.s.s._

1286. In climbing a fence,--

Get over, meet with clover, Get through, meet with a shoe; Get under, meet with a blunder.

_Sunderland, Ma.s.s._

1287. If you step on a grave, you will never grow any more.

_Chestertown, Md. (negro)._

1288. Step over a living thing, and that thing, whether a human being or not, will not grow any more.

_Province of Quebec, Can._

1289. To step over one leg of a child will cause it to grow longer than the other.

_Baltimore, Md._

1290. To comb the hair after dark is a sign of sickness.

Comb your hair after dark, Comb sorrow to your heart.

_Connecticut._

1291. If you comb your hair after dark, it will make you forgetful.

_Northern Ohio._

1292. If the right hand itches, you are going to get money; if the left, you will shake hands with a friend. If the nose itches, a friend is coming.

_Talladega, Ala._

1293. Two persons wiping hands on the same towel and twisting it occasions a quarrel.

_Pennsylvania._

1294. Wash and wipe together, Live in peace together.

_Northern Ohio._

1295. If two persons wash their hands at the same time, it is a sign that they will be friends forever.

_Alabama._

1296. If two persons wipe their hands at the same time, they will be foes forever.

_Alabama._

1297. When two persons put one hand of each flat together, palm to palm, they will quarrel.

_Province of Quebec, Can._

1298. If two persons clasp hands so as to lock the fingers, bringing the palm of one person against the palm of the other person's hand, it will break friends.h.i.+p.

_Newton, Ma.s.s._

1299. If you hug your knee (hold your knee in clasped hands), you will hug up trouble.

_Salem and Medford, Ma.s.s._

1300. When your joints crack, it is a sign that you have not outlived your best days.

_New York, N.Y._

1301. If you kiss through a veil, there'll be a coolness.