signify that it is not yet paid
for.
_Massachusetts and Ohio._

1381. Put your clothes on the wrong side out and you'll have a present
before the week is out.
_Peabody, Mass._

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._

1383. If you happen to put your skirt on wrong side out, you are likely
to get a new one.
_Alabama._

1384. You mustn't talk when some article of dress you are wearing is
being mended, or some one will talk or tell lies about you.

1385. In dressing for a journey, if you wish to have good luck, dress the
right foot first.
_Belleville, Ohio._

1386. If the hem of a lady's dress turns up, she is sure to have a new
one.
_Alabama._

1387. While sewing on a garment, should you sew it to your dress by
mistake, as many stitches as you take, so many lies will be told about
you.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._

1388. If you break your needle in making a dress, you will live to wear
it out. If you tear a hole in a new dress, the first time wearing it, you
will have a new one before that is worn out.
_Deer Isle, Me._

1389. If you break a needle in sewing a new gown, it is a sure sign you
will live to wear out the garment.
_Holyoke, Mass._

1390. If you break your needle in making a garment, or have to rip out
some of it, you will live to wear it out.
_Boston, Mass._

1391. If a white petticoat falls below your dress, it is a sign that your
father loves you better than your mother.
_New England._

1392. Crooked pins are a sign that the owner is an old maid.
_Province of Quebec, Can._

1393. Should a friend withdraw a ring from the finger of another, it is a
sign it will break friendship. The owner should take off the ring and
hand it to the friend.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._

1394. A hole in the toe of your shoe or stocking, so as to show the toe,
means a letter.
_Cape Breton._

1395. Old shoes, particularly the soles, were often buried by negro
servants on Monday morning to keep the devil down through the week.
_Chestertown, Md._

1396. Save the old shoes to throw after the carriage, when any of the
family start on a journey; it will insure a safe return.
_Massachusetts._

1397. Wear the boot (or shoe) on the side, a rich man's bride;
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