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1463. The tea-kettle suddenly singing means news.
_Patten, Me._
VARIOUS.
1464. A stratum of warm air indicates the presence of the devil.
_Boston, Mass. (Irish)._
1465. If, when a newly-married couple go to housekeeping, she slyly takes
her mother's dish-cloth or dish-wiper, she will never be homesick. Old
Mrs. ---- told me that she believed that was the reason she was not
homesick when they moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio.
_Ohio._
1466. To have a sharp knife is a sign of a lazy man.
_Central Maine._
1467. Passing anything through a ladder is a sign of a long passage.
_Conception Bay, N.F._
1468. If a ship has a starboard list, it is a sign of a quick passage; if
a port list, it is a sign of a long passage.
_Conception Bay and New Harbor, N.F._
1469. Write the date of the first snowstorm, and you'll gain a bet before
the winter is through.
_Massachusetts._
1470. To ascertain a girl's age, pull a hair from her head, hang a
finger-ring from this inside a tumbler or goblet, and it will strike the
number of years.
_Boston, Mass._
1471. Throw a strand of your hair in the fire; if it blazes you will live
long and happily; if not, you will die soon.
_Alabama._
1472. If a tree falls to the right while you are looking at it, you are
going on a long trip before the end of the year, and will have some
unexpected piece of good luck.
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