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• #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.
• #1427

  If you begin anything Saturday, it must be finished that day or it will not get finished.

  Boston, Mass.
• #1428

  Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for a letter,
  Sneeze on Tuesday, sneeze for something better,
  Sneeze on Wednesday, sneeze for news,
  Sneeze on Thursday, sneeze for a new pair of shoes,
  Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow,
  Sneeze on Saturday, see him to-morrow.

  Niagara Falls, Ont.
• #1429

  Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger,
  Sneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger,
  Sneeze on Wednesday, receive a letter,
  Sneeze on Thursday, something better,
  Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow,
  Sneeze on Saturday, see your true love to-morrow.
  Sneeze on Sunday, your safety seek,
  Or the devil will have you the rest of the week.

  Crown Point, N. Y.
• #1430

  Sneeze before twelve and one, and you will hear news.

  Brighton, Mass.
• #1431

  Sneeze at the table, there will be one more or one less at the next meal.

  Alabama.
• #1432

  Sneeze before your breakfast,
  See your beau before the day is past.

  Brighton, Mass.
• #1433

  If you sneeze once, a girl is thinking of you; twice, she is wishing for you; thrice, it is a sign of a cold.

  Alabama.
• #1434

  Sneeze before seven,
  Sneeze before eleven.

  Boston, Mass.
• #1435

  What you sew on Sunday, you’ll take out on Monday.
  What you sew on Sunday, you’ll rip out in heaven.

  Massachusetts.
• #1436

  Never cut your toe-nails Sunday, or you will do something to be ashamed of before the week is out.

  Granville, Mass.
• #1437

  Cut your nails Monday morning, without speaking (?), and you will get a present before the week is out; some have it, “without thinking of a red fox’s tail,” instead of “without speaking.”

  Westport, Mass.