_Peabody, Ma.s.s._
1351. If you look at one who has inflamed eyes, you"ll catch the disease.
_Maine and Ohio._
1352. If your elbow itches, you will sleep with a stranger.
_Boston, Ma.s.s._
1353. If the right foot itches, it is a sign you will go where you will be welcome; if the left foot itches, it is a sign you will go where you are unwelcome.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._
1354. If while going to see any one your left foot itches, you are not welcome.
_Alabama._
1355. The nose itching is a sign you are going to "get mad."
_Peabody, Ma.s.s._
1356. If your nose itches, it is a sign of a present.
1357. If your nose itches, some one will be provoked with you.
1358. If your nose itches, it is a sign that
You"ll be mad, See a stranger, Kiss a fool, Or be in danger.
_Prince Edward Island._
1359. If your nose itches, you will
See a stranger, Kiss a fool, Or be in danger.
_Peabody, Ma.s.s._
1360. If your nose itches, it is a sign you will be kissed, cussed, or vexed.
_Somerville, Ma.s.s._
1361. If the nose itches, some say you will receive a letter; others declare it is a sign your lover is thinking of you.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._
1362. If the palm of the hand itches, it is a good sign that you will kill something.
_Labrador._
1363. Itching in the palm is a sign of a fight, or of seeing a stranger.
1364. An unexpected scratch denotes surprise.
1365. A long scratch across the palm denotes a sleigh-ride.
_Pennsylvania (negro)._
1366. A scratch on the hand denotes a ride; the length of the scratch indicates the length of the ride.
_New England._
1367. A scratch on the right hand is a sign of a ride to come; on the left, a disappointment.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._
1368. If your knee itches, you are jealous.
_Boston, Ma.s.s._
1369. Being lousy is an indication that the lousy person is in good health.
_Newfoundland._
1370. Some hold that the white spots that one has on the finger-nails represent the lies you have told.
_Maine and Baldwinsville, N.Y._
1371. If you shudder without apparent cause, some one has stepped over or upon your grave.
_Gilsum, N.H._
1372. If you shudder, it is a sign that a rabbit is running across, or a goose is eating gra.s.s from your grave.
_Chestertown, Md._
1373. There is an old superst.i.tion that every sigh causes a drop of blood to flaw from the heart.
_Exeter, N.H._
1374. "Smooches" made on the face by soiled fingers (called beauty spots in Ohio) mean a present.
_New Brunswick._
1375. A lump on the tongue means that you have told a lie.
_Prince Edward Island, New York, and Northern Ohio._
APPAREL.
1376. If you mend your ap.r.o.n or dress while on you, some one will lie about you.
_Maine and Alabama._
1377. As many st.i.tches as you take (in mending a garment while wearing it), so many lies will be told about you.
_New Hampshire._
1378. If a garment is mended while being worn, it is a sign the wearer will do something he is ashamed of before the week is out.
_Newton, Ma.s.s._
1379. If one mends his clothes upon his back, It is a sign his trouble will never come back.
_Connecticut._
1380. Basting threads left in a garment signify that it is not yet paid for.
_Ma.s.sachusetts and Ohio._
1381. Put your clothes on the wrong side out and you"ll have a present before the week is out.
_Peabody, Ma.s.s._
1382. If, when dressing, one puts on any of his clothing wrong side out, it is a sign that he will soon receive a present.
_Alabama._