371. To find many cobwebs in the kitchen means that there is no courting there. Boston, Mass.
372. When the collar slips around and the opening comes to the ear, your lover is thinking of you. Salem, Mass.
373. If you button your dress up unevenly, it is a sign that your lover is thinking of you. Miramichi, N.B.
374. If you begin to button your dress unevenly, you will be a widow. Central Maine.
375. If you are cross when you are young, you will be an old maid. Alabama.
376. If you fall up stairs, you will have a new beau. Winn, Me.
377. Tumble up stairs and you'll not get married within the year. (Hence old maids were formerly said to be careful how they went up stairs.) 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 figure in it, it is a sign you will be married before it is worn out. New York.
398. If you have hearts in a figure in a dress or in a shawl, you will be married before it is worn out. New York.
399. If you have a new dress and there are roses in it, the person who owns the dress will be married before the dress is worn out. Salem, Mass.
400. Pins in the front of a dress waist are a sign that the wearer will be an old maid. New Hampshire.
401. If, in making a dress, the thread kinks badly, the person for whom it is made will either die or get married before the dress is worn out. Alabama.
