If four persons cross hands in shaking hands on taking leave, one will marry before the year is out.
Prince Edward Island, Eastern Massachusetts, and New York.

If four persons cross hands in shaking hands on taking leave, one will marry before the year is out.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 391.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
Massachusetts · New York · Prince Edward Island
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