rs.)
_New England._

378. Stumbling either up or down stairs means you'll be married inside a
year.
_Cape Breton._

379. If you sit on a table, you will not be married that year.
_New England, New York, and Alabama._

380. Dropping hairpins from your hair means that your beau is thinking of
you.
_General in the United States._

381. If a lady dons a gentleman's hat, it is a sign that she wants a
kiss.

382. If your lips itch, it is a sign some one will kiss you.
_Boston, Mass._

383. If the outside of your nose itches, some one out of town loves you,
and if the inside of your nose, then you are loved by some one in town.
_Western Massachusetts._

384. If a gentleman and lady are riding and are tipped out, they will be
married.
_Nashua, N.H._

385. Make a rhyme when talking, and you'll see your true love before
Saturday night.
_Massachusetts._

386. Should your shoestring come unloosened,

'T is a sure sign and a true,
At that very moment
Your true love thinks of you.
_New York._

387. If your shoe comes untied, your sweetheart is talking about you.
_Alabama._

388. If you want to sneeze and can't, it is a sign some one loves you,
and doesn't dare to tell it.
_Boston, Mass._

389. If you can't drink a cup of tea, you must be love-sick.
_Labrador._

390. Stub your toe
See your beau.
_Massachusetts and Maine._

391. If four persons cross hands in shaking hands on taking leave, one
will marry before the year is out.
_Prince Edward Island, Eastern Massachusetts, and New York._

392. If hands are crossed at the table while passing a dish, a wedding
will follow. The top hand belongs to the person who will be married.
_Pennsylvania._

393. To have two teaspoons in a saucer signifies marriage in a year.

394. If a gentleman stayed to dinner and by accident got two knives, two
forks, or two spoons, at his plate, he would be married within a year,
and there was no help for it.
_Connecticut._

395. Knock over your chair on rising from the table, and you won't get
married that year.
_Peabody, Mass., New York, and Talladega, Ala._

396. If a girl sew a button on the clothing of a marriageable man, she
will marry him within the year.
_New England._

397. If you have a dress with rings for a figu