New Jersey

Entries

• #445

  Wish when you see a hay-cart, don’t look at it again, and you’ll get the wish.

  New Jersey.
• #453

  Let two persons break the wishing-bone of a fowl; the one who gets the longest piece will get his wish.

  New Jersey and Ohio.
• #458

  When you see a falling star, wish.

  New Jersey.
• #873

  Blood from a wart, especially if applied to the tongue, will cause warts to appear.

  New Jersey.
• #875

  If one counts stars while lying on his back, he will have as many warts as he has counted stars.

  New York and Trenton, N. J.
• #1164

  When bread, in baking, cracks across the top, it means death.

  New Jersey and Ohio.
• #1172

  If a coffin creaks in a carpenter’s shop, another order soon follows.

  Newark, N. J., and Virginia.
• #1174

  Change a sick person from one room to another, and he will die.

  New Jersey.
• #1175

  If a clock, long motionless, suddenly begins to tick or strike, it is a sign of approaching death or misfortune.

  Newark, N. J., Virginia, and North Carolina.