695. Often verses of Proverbs xxxi. are assigned to girls and boys respectively according to the day of the month of the birth. Labrador and Brookline, Mass.
696. It brings bad luck to the bearer of a ring to have it taken from her finger by another person. Massachusetts.
697. Measuring one's waist, as for a dress, will bring ill luck.
698. To turn a loaf of bread upside down is ill luck. Northern Ohio.
699. To find a four-leaved clover is lucky; but five-leaved, unlucky. General in the United States.
700. When a vessel is launched, break a bottle of wine over her for luck. The bottle is to be broken by a lady. General in the United States.
701. Never carry clean wet clothes from one house to another, as it will bring ill luck. Chestertown, Md.
702. Do not go into your new house by the back door; if you do you take disaster with you.
703. Never build on a spot where a house has been burned. The second house is likely to go in the same manner. Maine and Massachusetts.
704. Light coming in at the window is a bad sign. Peabody, Mass.
705. The opening of an umbrella in the house is a sign of bad luck. General in the United States.
706. If you drop your umbrella, you will have ill luck if you pick it up yourself; but the ill luck may be averted by having some one else pick it up. Prince Edward Island.
707. To carry a hoe through the house is ill luck. Alabama.
708. To light three lights with one match is good luck for a week. Peabody, Mass.
709. The falling of a chandelier foretells a disaster in the family. New York.
710. Breaking a looking-glass shows that you'll have seven years of ill luck. General in the United States.
711. If a chair be turned about on one of its forelegs, there will be bad luck in the house all that year. Talladega, Ala.
712. A mare-browed man, that is, one whose eyebrows meet, is unlucky and can cast spells. Newfoundland.
713. It is unlucky, when going deer-hunting, to meet a red-haired man. Newfoundland.
MONEY.
714. A group of bubbles on a cup of coffee signifies money. United States.
715. A mass of bubbles floating on a cup of coffee signifies that money is coming to one. If he can take up the bubbles on his spoon, it indicates that he will get the money, but if they escape he will not. Prince Edward Island.
716. If a group of bubbles are floating on the tea or coffee cup, take them up in a spoon, and swallow them unbroken, saying, "Save my money." Plymouth and Salem, Mass., and New Brunswick.
717. If when you stir your coffee at breakfast you will try to catch the bubbles on top, you can have as many dollars as you can catch whole ones. Alabama.
718. To find money and keep it insures good luck through the year. Talladega, Ala.
719. Put the first piece of money you get in the morning into your stocking, and you will have more to add to it before night. Alabama.
720. If you find a piece of money the first day of the year, you will have good luck all the rest of the year. Alabama.
721. If paper money is folded lengthwise first, it will insure the possession of money. If folded the short fold first, money will not remain in the pocket. Alabama.
722. To make a sale in the first place where an agent calls is good luck. For example, a magnifying-glass worth three dollars was sold for seventy-five cents, in order to stop a run of bad luck by making a sale. Massachusetts.
723. If your initials spell a word, it means that you will be rich. Massachusetts and Ohio.
