A handful of salt
would make him go away.
_Alabama._
1452. Sweep the floor after dark, you'll see sickness before morning.
1453. If while eating you drop food on the floor, it is a sign that some
one is telling lies about you.
_Cape Breton._
1454. Food dropped on the floor by one signifies that some one grudges
you it.
_Common in the United States._
1455. Do not change your place at table; it is very unlucky.
_New York, N.Y._
1456. If you keep changing your furniture to different places, you'll be
poor.
_Massachusetts._
1457. Not drinking the whole contents of a glass or cup means
disappointment.
_Westport, Mass._
1458. If sooty bubbles form and blacken on the wick in a lamp burning
whale oil, each bubble indicates the receipt of a letter.
_Peabody, Mass._
1459. When sparks are seen on the bottom of the tea-kettle, it is a sign
that folks are going home from meeting.
_New Hampshire and Boxford, Mass._
1460. Sparks flying from a fire mean letters; the number of the sparks is
the number of the letters.
_Boston, Mass._
1461. If a spark or sparks jump out of the fire and hit you or come
towards you, it is a sign some one has a spite or grudge against you.
_Bathurst, N.B._
1462. Two spoons given to one person denotes that that person will have
two homes before the year is out.
_Chestertown, Md.
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