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• #7

  If a child cries during baptism, it is the devil going out of it.

  Niagara Falls, Ont.
• #43

  If a baby yawns, the sign of the cross should be made over it that the evil spirit may not enter.

  Niagara Falls, Ont.
• #1159

  To open an umbrella in the house is a sign of ill luck. An action of this sort seriously disturbed a friend of the informant, an American girl of good family. “I would never dare to do that,” she said.

  Niagara Falls, Ont.
• #1186

  It is a sign of death to see a flower blossoming out of season, as, for example, a rose in the fall. This has proved a true omen in several cases, according to the experience of a lady who believes in these signs. In consequence of this belief, when she has such a a flower, she will pick it off the stem and throw it away, without mentioning the incident to any one.

  Niagara Falls, Ont.
• #1208

  To put on a bonnet or hat of one in mourning is a sign that you will wear one before the year is out.

  Peabody and Boston, Mass., and Niagara Falls, Ont.
• #1428

  Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for a letter,
  Sneeze on Tuesday, sneeze for something better,
  Sneeze on Wednesday, sneeze for news,
  Sneeze on Thursday, sneeze for a new pair of shoes,
  Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow,
  Sneeze on Saturday, see him to-morrow.

  Niagara Falls, Ont.