Cape Breton

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• #133

  Draw a single hair from the head strongly between the thumb and finger-nail. If it curls up, you are proud.

  The same result indicates that you are cross.

  St. John, N. B., and Prince Edward Island.
  Cape Breton.
• #219

  Another:—

  He loves,
  She loves,
  Hate her,
  Have her,
  This year,
  Next year,
  Now or never.

  Girls repeat the last three lines only of the above rhyme.

  Cape Breton.
  Prince Edward Island.
• #298

  Stand two matches on a hot stove, sulphur end down, and name them for yourself and a marriageable acquaintance of the opposite sex. If both stand or fall together, it is a sign that you will live and die together. If one fall, it is a sign that one will leave the other.

  Cape Breton.
• #378

  Stumbling either up or down stairs means you’ll be married inside a year.

  Cape Breton.
• #467

  To dream of catching a fish means money.

  Cape Breton.
• #474

  To dream of snakes means enemies.

  In some localities it is said if you kill the snake in your dream you will conquer your enemies.

  Cape Breton. General in the United States.
• #485

  To dream of a black horse is a sign of a wedding; of a white horse is a sign of a letter.

  Cape Breton.
• #490

  To dream of catching a bird is a sign of a letter.

  Cape Breton.
• #492

  To dream of cats means enemies.

  Cape Breton.
• #513

  To dream of a nest full of eggs and a bird sitting on them means you will receive something new.

  Cape Breton.
• #549

  To dream of losing a tooth means a death.

  Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
• #559

  To dream of washing is a sign of a move.

  Cape Breton and Wisconsin.
• #583

  To dream of losing the sole of your shoe indicates the death of a near friend.

  Cape Breton.
• #584

  To dream of seeing any one wear worn-out shoes means the death of a near relative.

  Cape Breton.
• #592

  If you dream of seeing a boat drawn or sailing on land, it is a sign of death.

  Cape Breton.
• #597

  To dream of going in a carriage means you’ll travel with a friend.

  Cape Breton.
• #627

  If you button up your dress wrong, i. e., do not begin with the button and button-hole opposite each other, it means bad luck, or good luck if worn uneven until after sunset.

  Cape Breton.
• #661

  If you have to go back to the house after something forgotten, you must not sit down, but stand a moment or two, or else it is bad luck.

  Cape Breton.
• #748

  If the dish-cloth on falling to the floor spreads out, the visitor will be a lady; if it falls in a heap, it will be a gentleman.

  Cape Breton and Central Maine.
• #787

  Sneeze before you eat,
  See a stranger before you sleep.

  Cape Breton.
• #792

  A sudden shower of sparks from the fire betokens a visitor.

  Cape Breton.
• #813

  As a cure for nose-bleed, tie a string about the little finger.

  Cape Breton.
• #833

  For toothache take an eyelash, an eyebrow, trimmings of the finger-nails, and toe-nails of the patient, bore a hole in a beech-tree, and put them in. The sufferer must not see the tree, and it must not be cut down or burned.

  Cape Breton.
• #877

  Washing the hands in water in which eggs have been boiled causes warts to grow.

  Cape Breton and Eastern Massachusetts.
• #925

  Take as many joints of oat or wheat straw as a person has warts, and burn them under a stone. As the joints rot, the warts disappear. This is to be done by another for you.

  Cape Breton.
• #1171

  If a sudden and unaccountable light is seen in a carpenter’s shop, it indicates that the carpenter will soon have to make a coffin.

  Cape Breton.
• #1239

  If window-shades fall down without being molested, it is a sign of death.

  Cape Breton.
• #1394

  A hole in the toe of your shoe or stocking, so as to show the toe, means a letter.

  Cape Breton.
• #1445

  If you choke (food gets in the windpipe), it means some one has told lies about you.

  Cape Breton.
• #1453

  If while eating you drop food on the floor, it is a sign that some one is telling lies about you.

  Cape Breton.