_Mattawamkeag, Me._
421. If a girl gets the last piece of bread on a plate at the table, she
will have a handsome husband.
_Massachusetts._
422. If all of three dishes at the table are eaten, all of the unmarried
people at the table will be married within the year.
_Northern Massachusetts._
423. "If the tea-kettle boils, you will boil your beaux away," is an old
saying.
_Salem, Mass._
424. If you have a cup of tea handed to you, and there are little bits
floating on top, they represent the number of husbands you will
have--one, two, or three.
425. A girl that takes her thimble to the table will be an old maid.
_Northern Ohio._
426. Three in a row,
Meet your beau.
The one in the middle will have him.
_Massachusetts._
427. Three lamps in a row, the one who sets down the third will be soon
married.
_Massachusetts._
428. Three lamps in a row foretell a wedding in the family.
_New York._
429. To look into a tumbler when you are drinking is a sign that you will
be an old maid. If you look over the side, you are a flirt.
_Massachusetts._
430. To wash the hands under a pump denotes that you will be a widow.
_Chestertown, Md._
CHAPTER VII.
WISHES.
431. If you take a baby in your arms for the first time, and at the same
time wish, you will get your wish before the year is out.
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