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u are offered an article of food at the table, which you already have on your plate, but forgetting that you have it, take some more, it is a sign that a stranger is coming to your house before you eat another meal. _Quebec._ 772. If stems of tea-grounds are found in the cup, it denotes that visitors are coming. If you wish them to come, bite the heads off and throw them under the table. _Deerfield, Mass._ 773. If the stems of tea-grounds come on top of the cup, visitors are coming. Bite one, and if it is hard, it will be a man; if soft, a woman. _New Hampshire._ 774. If successful in the attempt to take stems from your tea, a friend is going to visit you. _Alabama._ 775. If a tea-stem is on top of the cup, put it in your shoe, and you will have company. _Massachusetts._ 776. If a tea-stem floats in the tea, it is a sign you will have a visitor. If it is hard, it is a man; if it is soft, it is a woman. If it is long, the visitor will be tall; if short, the visitor will be short. _New York._ 777. To learn about visitors from tea-grounds: Lift the leaf out and press it against the left hand, naming the days of the week. Upon whichever day the leaf chances to cling and rest, company may be expected. To complete the spell, pat the leaf down your neck and wish. _Plymouth, Mass._ 778. If your eye quivers, a stranger is coming. _Labrador._ 779. If a stray hair blows persistently across the eyes, it's the sign that a stranger is coming. _Massachusetts._ 780. The shin-bone itching means guests. 781. The nose itching signifies visitors. _General in the United States._ 782. The nose itching foretells company. If on the right side, it means a man; if on the left, a woman. _Central New York._ 783. If your nose itches, you will see an old friend whom you have not seen for some time. _New York and Pennsylvania._ 784. If your nose itches, it means you'll See a stranger, Kiss a fool, Or be in danger. _Peabody, Mass._ 785. To sneeze at the table indicates a stranger. _Peabody, Mass._ 786. To sneeze before breakfast is a sign you will have a caller before night. _Eastern Massachusetts._ 787. Sneeze before you eat, See a stranger before you sleep. _Cape Breton._ 788. As many times as you sneeze before brea
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