_Labrador._
289. Pour molten lead on a hearth; the shape the metal assumes in cooling
foretells the occupation of one's future husband.
_General in the United States._
VARIOUS.
290. On accidentally making two lines rhyme, kiss your hand, and you will
be so fortunate as to see your lover before nine that night.
_Alabama._
291. Put a looking-glass under the pillow, and you will dream of your
lover.
_Green Harbor, N.F._
292. Tie a true lover's knot (of shavings) and place it under the pillow.
You will dream of your lover, even if at that time he is unknown to you.
_Newfoundland._
293. Steal a salt herring from a grocery store, eat it, don't speak after
eating, and the first man you dream of will marry you.
294. Make a little ladder of sticks, place it under the head at night,
and you'll dream of your future husband.
_Patten, Me._
295. Swallow a chicken's heart whole, and the first man you kiss
afterwards will be your future husband.
_Winn, Me._
296. Take three grains of coffee, put one notch on one, two on another,
put them in a glass of water under your bed, and name them. The one that
sprouts is the one you are going to marry.
_Alabama._
297. Light a match, and the way the flame goes shows where your future
husband lives.
_Bedford, Mass._
298. Stand two matches on a hot stove, sulphur end down, and name them
for yourself and a marriageable acquaintance of the opposite sex.
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