_New Jersey and Ohio._
454. If you say two sentences that rhyme, make a wish, then if you make a
rhyme unintentionally and wish before you speak again, your wish will
come to pass.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._
455. When you first see a sleigh in the fall of the year, make a wish,
and you will get it.
_Winn, Me._
456. Wish at the first snowflake of the season, and you will get your
wish.
_Westport, Mass._
457. Put a ring on the finger of another person, saying, "I wish it on
until such a time," and if it is not removed before the expiration of the
period named, the wish will come to pass.
_Connecticut and Ohio._
458. When you see a falling star, wish.
_New Jersey._
459. To wish on a star, when you see the first star come out, say:
Star light, star bright,
First star I see to-night,
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish to-night.
Wish what you please and it will come true, but the wish must not be
mentioned to any one.
_Eastern Massachusetts._
460. Count nine evening stars in succession, and you will have your wish.
_Massachusetts._
461. Capture a floating thistledown, breathe on it, make a wish to see or
hear from an absent friend, blow in his or her supposed direction, and it
will carry your message.
_Ohio._
462. Make a wish while throwing a leaf into running water.
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