Michigan

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• #194

  If a girl puts a two-leaved clover in her shoe, the first man who comes on the side where the clover is will be her future husband.

  Michigan.
• #196

  With a four-leaved clover in your shoe, you will meet your lover.

  Michigan.
• #197

  If the finder of a four-leaved clover put it in her own shoe, she will marry the first person with whom she crosses a bridge.

  Michigan.
• #198

  Put a four-leaved clover over the door. The first person to pass beneath will be your future mate.

  Newport, R. I., and Michigan.
• #927

  Kill a toad, and put its blood on the wart. The warts will go away in three weeks.

  Marquette, Mich.
• #1142

  If you wish to secure lightness, you must always stir cake and eggs a certain way, that is, the way the sun goes.

  Kittery, Me., Nashua, N. H., Eastern Massachusetts, and Southern Michigan.
• #1162

  Carry an axe or any iron implement through the house, and some one will soon die.

  Southwestern Michigan.
• #1217

  If an empty rocking-chair is seen to sway back and forth when apparently unoccupied, it is supposed that the chair is held by the spirit of some deceased member of the family, who has come back to choose the next to go, and call that person quickly.

  Michigan.