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Cut them on Friday, you cut them for woe ; 
Cut them on Saturday, a journey you'll go; 
Cut them on Sunday, you cut them for evil, 
All the week long you’ll be ruled by the devil. 
73.—Children are told that to eat crust will make their legs fat : aliter, 
their hair curl. 
74.—If the rays of the moon fall on the face of a sleeper, he can be made 
to answer any question truly and to reveal secrets. 
7).—That if one meets a red-haired woman in the street, she will be im- 
mediately followed by a white horse. (This has only come into vogue 
in the United States within the past two years.) 
76.—It is bad luck for a bird to fly into a room. 
77.—Crops will only prosper when planted in the right signof the moon. 
78.—It is unlucky for a girl to give her lover a pair of slippers. 
79.—To find a ‘‘measuring worm’’ on one’s clothes indicates a new gar- 
ment. Some say it is a sign of shroud, 
80.--If a ‘‘ W’’ appears on the back of the cicada (locust), it forebodes 
war; ifa ‘“‘P”’ can be traced, it is a sign of peace. 
81.—One who is going away in a carriage must never be looked after by 
those remaining in the house as it will bring the person bad luck. 
82.—-If threads are left unbasted ina garment it is a sign that it is not 
paid for, 
83.—If a hair-pin falls, or a woman’s skirt becomes loose or drops, it is 
a sign that one’s absent lover is thinking of her: aliter, that he is false. 
84.—If a fly buzzes persistently around a person it is a sign of news to 
come, or a stranger. 
85.—If one forgets a glove, handkerchief, or other article by accident 
on leaving a room it is unlucky to return for it. 
86.—-A red dog is proverbially worthless ; equally so a yellow dog. 
87.—Shoes and slippers when not in wear must be placed on the floor 
with their heels almost joining and the toes pointing outward at an acute 
angle. 
88.—Letters should be torn up, never burned nor thrown away whole ; 
otherwise it is unlucky. 
89.—It is very lucky to be followed in the street by any stray domestic 
animal. 
90.—A horse with one or more white feet is considered more or less im- 
paired in value: 
Four white feet and a white nose— 
Throw him to the crows. 
