Part 50 (2/2)

1430. Sneeze before twelve and one, and you will hear news.

_Brighton, Ma.s.s._

1431. Sneeze at the table, there will be one more or one less at the next meal.

_Alabama._

1432. Sneeze before your breakfast, See your beau before the day is past.

_Brighton, Ma.s.s._

1433. If you sneeze once, a girl is thinking of you; twice, she is wis.h.i.+ng for you; thrice, it is a sign of a cold.

_Alabama._

1434. Sneeze before seven, Sneeze before eleven.

_Boston, Ma.s.s._

1435. What you sew on Sunday, you'll take out on Monday.

What you sew on Sunday, you'll rip out in heaven.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

1436. Never cut your toe-nails Sunday, or you will do something to be ashamed of before the week is out.

_Granville, Ma.s.s._

1437. Cut your nails Monday morning, without speaking (?), and you will get a present before the week is out; some have it, ”without thinking of a red fox's tail,” instead of ”without speaking.”

_Westport, Ma.s.s._

DOMESTIC LIFE.

1438. It is supposed that a broom placed behind the door will keep off witches.

_Bruynswick, N.Y._

1439. To burn the stub of a broom or break a sugar-bowl, means a quarrel.

_Westport, Ma.s.s._

1440. A spark seen on a candle or lamp when the light is extinguished means the receipt of a letter.

_St. John, N.B., and Salem, Ma.s.s._

1441. Wet the finger and touch the ”letter” on the candle. If it come off on the finger, it means a letter for you.

_Maine._

1442. The letter in the candle will face the one for whom the letter is to be. If the little snuff bud is bright, it means a letter.

_Northern Ohio._

1443. If the candle is sooty, or shows a spark in the wick on blowing out, it is a sign that a letter is on its way.

1444. If chairs become entangled (legs interlaced, etc.), it means a quarrel.

_Bathurst, N.B._

1445. If you choke (food gets in the windpipe), it means some one has told lies about you.

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