753. If you go in at the back (or front) door of a house, and out at the front (or back) without sitting down, you will bring company. Guilford, Conn.
754. If you forget anything on your departure from a visit, you will go there again. Eastern Massachusetts.
755. If the fork is dropped at the table, a man will call. Pennsylvania.
756. If you drop a fork, and it sticks in the floor and remains in a standing position, it is a sign that a gentleman will call; but if a knife, a lady will call. General in the United States.
757. Should you drop a knife or scissors so that they stick into the floor and stand up, it is a sign of company. New York.
758. The dropping of any sharp-pointed instrument which sticks up in the floor, such as a knife, a pair of scissors, etc., foretells company coming from the direction in which the article leans. Massachusetts.
759. If the scissors drops there will be visitors; if the small blade sticks in the floor it will be children; if the large, adults. Nashua, N.H.
760. A needle dropping on the floor and sticking up means visitors. St. John, N.B.
761. If a knife be dropped at table, a woman will call. Pennsylvania.
762. If you drop a knife at table, a lady will come during the evening; if a fork, a gentleman is coming. Talladega, Ala.
763. If you drop a knife, your visitor will be a woman; if a fork, it will be a man; if a spoon, it will be a fool. Pennsylvania.
764. If you drop a knife, it is a sign a lady is coming to see you. If a fork, the visitor will be a man; if a spoon, your cousin. New York.
765. Two knives beside a plate mean a lady stranger; two forks, a man. Peabody, Mass.
766. To put two spoons in your teacup is a sign of a stranger. Maine and Massachusetts.
767. Two forks or spoons crossed on a plate signify that a stranger is coming.
768. If you wash the sugar-bowl, you will have company. Eastern Massachusetts.
769. To have too many plates on the table means guests.
770. If an extra plate be accidentally placed upon the table, some visitor will come hungry. Northern Ohio.
771. If you 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.
