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57.—A horse shoe must be picked up, if seen in the street and brought 
home, and hung over a door for luck. 
58.—Meat exposed to the light of the moon will spoil sooner than if ex- 
posed to the sun. 
59.—There is a peculiar coldness in the rays of the moon. 
60.—That there is a face in the full moon. Every one can see the face 
of his or her absent lover. 
61.—Any wish formed during the shooting of a star will be fulfilled. 
2.—That cats have nine lives. 
63.--To keep a cat from running away from a strange house one must 
anoint its paws with butter. 
64.--Hares sleep with their eyes open ; similarly weasels. 
65. Children are told that to get behind a door and eat a piece of gristle 
will make the hair curl. 
66.-- A whistling woman and a crowing hen 
Will never come to a good end. 
67.--When one sneezes it is proper to say, ‘‘ God bless you.”’ 
68.--One who looks in a mirror at night will see spirits looking over 
his shoulder. 
69.—If two people by chance say the same thing at once, neither must 
speak till a wish has been formed. 
70.—The wear of shoes : 
Wear at the toe, live to see woe ; 
Wear at the side, live to be a bride ; 
Wear at the ball, live to spend all; 
Wear at the heel, live to save a deal. 
Variant : Wear at the toe, pay as you go; 
Wear at the heel, pay a good deal ; 
Wear at the ball, live to spend all. 
71.— Sneeze on a Monday, you sneeze for danger; 
Sneeze on a Tuesday, you kiss a stranger ; 
Sneeze on a Wednesday, you receive a letter; 
Sneeze on a Thursday, you’ll get something better ; 
Sneeze on a Friday, expect great sorrow ; 
Sneeze on a Saturday, get a sweetheart to-morrow ; 
Sneeze on a Sunday, your safety seek, 
The devil will chase you the whole of the week. 
72.— Cut your nails Monday, you cut them for news ; 
Cut them on Tuesday, a pair of new shoes; 
Cut them on Wednesday, you cut them for health ; 
Cut them on Thursday, ’twill add to your wealth ; 
PROC. AMER. PHILOS, 800. xxv. 128. v. PRINTED SEPT, 11, 1888. 
