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


_Baldwinsville, N.Y._
1421. If you wear a garment for the first time on Saturday, you will have
another one before it is worn out.
_Bedford, Mass._
1422. Study on Sunday, forget it through the week.
_Nashua, N.H._
1423. If, of your own accord, you leave home for Sunday visiting, you
will be forced to leave for two Sundays following.
_Labrador._
1424. Get a letter on Monday, and you'll get six during that week.
_New York, N.Y._
1425. If you break anything on Monday, you will break something every day
in the week.
_Somerville, Mass._
1426. If you break anything Sunday, you will continue to do so every day
of the week, or as you commence Sunday, so you will go through the week.
_Eastern Massachusetts._
1427. If you begin anything Saturday, it must be finished that day or it
will not get finished.
_Boston, Mass._
1428. Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for a letter,
Sneeze on Tuesday, sneeze for something better,
Sneeze on Wednesday, sneeze for news,
Sneeze on Thursday, sneeze for a new pair of shoes,
Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow,
Sneeze on Saturday, see him to-morrow.
_Niagara Falls, Ont._
1429. Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger,
Sneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger,
Sneeze on Wednesday, receive a letter,
Sneeze on Thursday, something better,
Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow,
Sneeze on Saturday, see your true love to-morrow.


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