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• #220

  Put the breast-bone of a fowl over the front door, and the first one of the opposite sex that enters is to be your future companion.

  Alabama.
• #221

  Hang over the door a corn-cob from which you have shelled all but twenty grains. The first man that enters you’ll marry.

  Arlington, Mass.
• #222

  Nail a horseshoe over the door, and the first one who enters is your true love.

  Massachusetts.
• #223

  Hang a wishbone over the door. The first one who enters will be your lover.

  Somewhat general.
• #224

  Two girls break a wishbone together. The one who gets the longest bit will remain longest unmarried, or, as the familiar rhyme runs,—

  Shortest to marry,
  Longest to tarry.

  If the “knot” (that is, the flattened portion at the junction of the two prongs of the bone) flies away and does not stick to either prong, the two girls are to remain unmarried. Each girl puts her bit of the wishbone over a different door. The first man who enters either door is to marry the girl who has placed her bit of wishbone over the door.

  Prince Edward Island.