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Tea
If the tea-kettle boils, you will boil your beaux away. Salem, Mass. If you have a cup of tea handed to you, and there are little bits floating on top, they represent the number of husbands you will have–one, two, or three. … Read entire article »
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Dresses and Dress Making
If you have a dress with rings for a figure in it, it is a sign you will be married before it is worn out. New York. If you have hearts in a figure in a dress or in a shawl, you will be married before it is worn out. New York. If you have a new dress and there are roses in it, the person who owns the dress will be married before the dress is worn out. Salem, Mass. Pins in the front of a dress waist are a sign that the wearer will be an old maid. New Hampshire. If, in making a dress, the thread kinks badly, the person for whom it is made will either die or get married before the dress is worn out. Alabama. If … Read entire article »
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Stairs
If you fall up stairs, you will have a new beau. Tumble up stairs and you’ll not get married within the year. (Hence old maids were formerly said to be careful how they went up stairs.) Stumbling either up or down stairs means you’ll be married inside a year. … Read entire article »
Apron
If your apron string becomes loosened, your true love is thinking of you. New York. If your apron drops off, you’ll lose your beau. The same is true if you lose your garter. Stevens Point, Wis. If a girl wet her apron in washing, it is a sign that she will have a drunken husband. Labrador, Scilly Cove, N.F., and New England. … Read entire article »
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