_Baldwinsville, N.Y._
1368. If your knee itches, you are jealous.
_Boston, Mass._
1369. Being lousy is an indication that the lousy person is in good
health.
_Newfoundland._
1370. Some hold that the white spots that one has on the finger-nails
represent the lies you have told.
_Maine and Baldwinsville, N.Y._
1371. If you shudder without apparent cause, some one has stepped over or
upon your grave.
_Gilsum, N.H._
1372. If you shudder, it is a sign that a rabbit is running across, or a
goose is eating grass from your grave.
_Chestertown, Md._
1373. There is an old superstition that every sigh causes a drop of blood
to flaw from the heart.
_Exeter, N.H._
1374. "Smooches" made on the face by soiled fingers (called beauty spots
in Ohio) mean a present.
_New Brunswick._
1375. A lump on the tongue means that you have told a lie.
_Prince Edward Island, New York, and Northern Ohio._
APPAREL.
1376. If you mend your apron or dress while on you, some one will lie
about you.
_Maine and Alabama._
1377. As many stitches as you take (in mending a garment while wearing
it), so many lies will be told about you.
_New Hampshire._
1378. If a garment is mended while being worn, it is a sign the wearer
will do something he is ashamed of before the week is out.
_Newton, Mass._
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