1399. Wear at the toe, live to see woe; Wear at the side, live to be a bride; Wear at the ball, live to spend all; Wear at the heel, live to save a deal. New York.
1400. Wear on the toe, Spend as you go; Wear on the ball, Love to spend all. Wear on the side, You'll be a rich bride.
1401. Of stockings:--
Wear at the toe, Spend as you go: Wear at the heel, Spend a good deal; Wear at the ball, You'll live to spend all. South Carolina.
CUSTOMS.
1402. Halloween cabbages are pulled and thrown against the owner's door as a reminder of his laziness. Southern Pennsylvania and Ohio.
1403. Shelled corn is thrown at every one--the significance not known. Southern Pennsylvania.
1404. If a man is insulted and means to be revenged, he will bare his arm and cut a cross in it with his knife, called a "vengeance mark." Mountains of North Carolina.
1405. If you wash your face in dew before sunrise on May Day, you will become very beautiful. Alabama.
1406. Dry spots, where there is no dew, are called "fairy rings." Salem, Mass.
1407. Run round a fairy ring twice on Easter Sunday morning, and fairies will arise and follow you. Salem, Mass.
1408. The looking-glass is often turned with the face to the wall, or taken out of the room during a thunder-storm, because "quick-silver is so bad to draw the lightning." Bathurst, N.B.
1409. You are said to "take the manners" if you take the last of any kind of food from a plate. New England.
1410. "Manners dish" is the dish put on for show, and not expected to be eaten. Northern Ohio.
1411. Homoeopathic pills must be taken in odd numbers. New England.
1412. When a meteor is seen, Catholics often say, "A soul is ascending into heaven."
1413. A present of a knife or any pointed instrument cuts friendship; always sell it for a penny.
1414. A present of pins breaks friendship. General in the United States.
1415. There was a superstition among old people who had never been much abroad, in the town where I was born (Stratham, N.H.), that if they were photographed they were likely to die soon after, and many rather objected on that account. Stratham, N.H.
1416. After sneezing, it is customary to say, "God bless you." General in the United States.
1417. A bit of steel, such as a needle, protects one from witches. Brookline, Mass.
1418. A thief may be detected by a key turning in the Bible to Psalm i. 18-21, when the name of the guilty person is mentioned. Labrador.
DAYS.
1419. What you do on your birthday, you will do all the year. Salem, Mass.
1420. On cutting the finger-nails:--
Cut them on Monday, cut them for news, Cut them on Tuesday, a pair of new shoes, Cut them on Wednesday, cut them for health, Cut them on Thursday, cut them for wealth, Cut them on Friday, cut them for sorrow, Cut them on Saturday, see your sweetheart to-morrow, Cut them on Sunday, cut them for evil, All the whole week you'll be ruled by the devil. Baldwinsville, N.Y.
1421. If you wear a garment for the first time on Saturday, you will have another one before it is worn out. Bedford, Mass.
1422. Study on Sunday, forget it through the week. Nashua, N.H.
1423. If, of your own accord, you leave home for Sunday visiting, you will be forced to leave for two Sundays following. Labrador.
1424. Get a letter on Monday, and you'll get six during that week. New York, N.Y.
1425. If you break anything on Monday, you will break something every day in the week. Somerville, Mass.
1426. If you break anything Sunday, you will continue to do so every day of the week, or as you commence Sunday, so you will go through the week. Eastern Massachusetts.
