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

Wash and wipe together,
Live in peace together.
_Northern Ohio._
1295. If two persons wash their hands at the same time, it is a sign that
they will be friends forever.
_Alabama._
1296. If two persons wipe their hands at the same time, they will be foes
forever.
_Alabama._
1297. When two persons put one hand of each flat together, palm to palm,
they will quarrel.
_Province of Quebec, Can._
1298. If two persons clasp hands so as to lock the fingers, bringing the
palm of one person against the palm of the other person's hand, it will
break friendship.
_Newton, Mass._
1299. If you hug your knee (hold your knee in clasped hands), you will
hug up trouble.
_Salem and Medford, Mass._
1300. When your joints crack, it is a sign that you have not outlived
your best days.
_New York, N.Y._
1301. If you kiss through a veil, there'll be a coolness.
_Portland, Me._
1302. Crossed knives are a sign of a quarrel.
_Cumberland, Mass._
1303. Stir with a knife,
Stir up strife.
1304. Never look after a friend who is leaving you till he is quite out
of sight, or you will never see him or her again; but turn your eyes away
while he is still visible, that he or she may return.
_General in the United States._
1305. Never say "good-by" more than once.
_Alabama._
1306. One who habitually bites the nails is ill-natured.


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