_New Hampshire._
189. As to the wedding dress:--
Silk, satin, velvet, cotton, woolen.
_Massachusetts._
190. In regard to the vehicle:--
Carriage, wagon, wheelbarrow, chaise.
_Massachusetts._
191. The first of these button formulae is used by boys to foretell their
profession in life. A friend remembers how in childhood his buttons were
completely worn out by the continual practice of the inquiry.
192. With reference to the acquisition of a coat:--
Bought, given, stolen.
_Massachusetts._
193. "Rich man, poor man, beggar, thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant,
chief." Said over by little girls on their back hair combs to find the
occupation of their future husbands.
_New York._
FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER.
194. If a girl puts a two-leaved clover in her shoe, the first man who
comes on the side where the clover is will be her future husband.
_Michigan._
195. Put a four-leaved clover in your shoe, and you will marry a man
having the first name of the man whom you meet first after doing it.
_Province of Quebec._
196. With a four-leaved clover in your shoe, you will meet your lover.
_Michigan._
197. If the finder of a four-leaved clover put it in her own shoe, she
will marry the first person with whom she crosses a bridge.
_Michigan._
198. Put a four-leaved clover over the door. The first person to pass
beneath will be your future mate.
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