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Make a wish when a spotted horse is seen. 



It is unlucky to twirl a chair upon one of its lega. 



Crusts make whiskers grow. 



An M marked in the palm of the hand indicates good fortune. 



A woman who cuts bread into thin slices will make a poor stepmother. 



Scissors and other steel articles should be hid during a thunder storm 

 to prevent a thunderbolt. 



Touching a corpse prevents bad dreams of it. 



To dream of the dead is lucky. 



Nose itching means sight of a stranger. 



Heads of snakes never die until sundown. 



Eels put on the land turn to snakes. 



Never look over a person's shoulder into a mirror. 



A fork dropped foretells a male visitor ; a knife, a woman. 



When the wind closes a shutter a stranger is announced. 



If one drops a morsel in putting it to the mouth some one wants it. 



If the first visitor to the house on a New Year is a man, good luck. 



Go to watch meeting New Year's eve to obtain good luck throughout 

 the year. 



To rock an empty rocking chair will make angry its most constant oc- 

 cupant. 



A Scofcchmaji should never give a Bible. 



Meeting eyebrows denote a contrary disposition ; likewise hard to trust. 



Very light eyes denote a shallow, variable disposition. 



Blue eye beauty, do its mother's duty ; 

 Brown eye ran away and told a lie. 



To see the new moon over the right shoulder is lucky ; over the left, 

 unlucky. 



Two white feet look, well about him ; 

 Three white feet, do well without him ; 

 Four white feet and a white nose — 

 Throw him to the crows. 



It is unlucky, when walking with a person in the street, to permit any 

 one to pass between and divide you. 



It is unlucky to pass under a ladder. 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXX. 138. 3 F. PRINTED MAY 30, 1892. 



