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"Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk"


_Montreal, P.Q._
408. If you burn a lover's letter, he will never marry you.
_Central Maine._
409. If, at a dinner, a single person is inadvertently placed between two
married people (husband or wife), it means marriage for him or her within
a year.
410. If you pass between two men on the street, you'll marry both of them
sometime.
_Champaign, Ill._
411. If you drop a knitting-needle, you won't be married during the
present year.
412. If you break many needles in a garment, it will be worn at a
wedding.
413. If you draw blood from a prick of the needle while making a garment,
it is a sign you will be kissed the first time you wear it.
_Boston, Mass._
414. Should needles break while sewing on a new garment, it is a sign
that the owner will be married before it is worn out.
_New York._
415. When a young man goes to see a girl for the first time, and the
signs of the zodiac are in the heart, they will one day marry.
_Harmony, Me._
416. If you step on a cigar stub, you will marry the first man you meet.
_Salem, Mass._
417. Two spoons in a cup is the sign of a wedding.
_Bathurst, N.B., and Wisconsin._
418. If you get two spoons in your cup or saucer, you'll marry a second
husband or wife.
419. If a couple out walking together stumble, it is a sign that they
will be married.
_Labrador._
420. Sit on the table,
Married before you're able.


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