1277. Whoever eats the last piece of bread will be an old maid. Pennsylvania.
1278. If you break something, you will break two other things. Maine, Massachusetts, and Northern Ohio.
1279. To twirl a chair on one leg means that you are going to fight with somebody. Peabody, Mass.
1280. Whirling an empty chair indicates that a whipping is in store for the transgressor.
1281. If you twirl a chair around on one leg, it is a sign that you are about to break dishes. Chestertown, Md.
1282. You mustn't pay the doctor entirely, or there will be sickness in the family. Lonsdale, R.I.
1283. You must leave by the door through which you enter, or there will be trouble with the family, or ill luck to yourself. Pennsylvania.
1284. If you leave by any other door than the one through which you have entered, it is said that you will not come again. Cumberland, Me.
1285. In bathing, the eyes should always be rubbed towards the nose, as that makes them large, and rubbing out the opposite way makes them small. Cambridge, Mass.
1286. In climbing a fence,--
Get over, meet with clover, Get through, meet with a shoe; Get under, meet with a blunder. Sunderland, Mass.
1287. If you step on a grave, you will never grow any more. Chestertown, Md. (negro).
1288. Step over a living thing, and that thing, whether a human being or not, will not grow any more. Province of Quebec, Can.
1289. To step over one leg of a child will cause it to grow longer than the other. Baltimore, Md.
1290. To comb the hair after dark is a sign of sickness.
Comb your hair after dark, Comb sorrow to your heart. Connecticut.
1291. If you comb your hair after dark, it will make you forgetful. Northern Ohio.
1292. If the right hand itches, you are going to get money; if the left, you will shake hands with a friend. If the nose itches, a friend is coming. Talladega, Ala.
1293. Two persons wiping hands on the same towel and twisting it occasions a quarrel. Pennsylvania.
1294. Wash and wipe together, Live in peace together. Northern Ohio.
1295. If two persons wash their hands at the same time, it is a sign that they will be friends forever. Alabama.
1296. If two persons wipe their hands at the same time, they will be foes forever. Alabama.
1297. When two persons put one hand of each flat together, palm to palm, they will quarrel. Province of Quebec, Can.
1298. If two persons clasp hands so as to lock the fingers, bringing the palm of one person against the palm of the other person's hand, it will break friendship. Newton, Mass.
1299. If you hug your knee (hold your knee in clasped hands), you will hug up trouble. Salem and Medford, Mass.
1300. When your joints crack, it is a sign that you have not outlived your best days. New York, N.Y.
1301. If you kiss through a veil, there'll be a coolness. Portland, Me.
1302. Crossed knives are a sign of a quarrel. Cumberland, Mass.
1303. Stir with a knife, Stir up strife.
1304. Never look after a friend who is leaving you till he is quite out of sight, or you will never see him or her again; but turn your eyes away while he is still visible, that he or she may return. General in the United States.
1305. Never say "good-by" more than once. Alabama.
1306. One who habitually bites the nails is ill-natured. Ohio.
1307. If you bite your finger-nails you will always be poor. Massachusetts.
