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If you drop a broom, you're going to have company.
(You'd better pick up the broom again and strart sweeping so you'll
be ready for guests!) |
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If you have a headache, sleep with a nail under
your pillow. In the morning, pound the nail into a tree; the tree
will trap and hold your pain. |
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Catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn
so you won't catch a cold all winter. |
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It's good luck if you put a sweater or shirt on
backward or inside out. But in the case of underwear, you must wait
until after lunch to turn it right side out. |
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If an unwanted guest visits you, sweep out the
guestroom right after the visit to prevent the guest from returning. |
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If the first butterfly you see next year is white,
you'll have a good year. |
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If you keep bees for honey, be sure to tell them
if there is a death in the house; otherwise, the bees will leave. |
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To learn your true love's name, place a snail
on a flour-covered board under a glass bowl. In the morning, the snail's
trail will spell out your love's initials. |
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When you move to a new home, put your cat in through
the window, then butter its paws, and it won't run away. |
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If someone you know has a fever, catch the tops
of nine waves in a jar. Put the water on the face of the patient,
then wipe it off in the direction of the sun. |
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If you see a white cat on your way to school,
either spit or spin around to prevent bad luck. |
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If you've had bad luck, turn your hat around and
then pull your pockets out. Your luck will soon change. |
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Take a test with the same pencil you used to study
the test; the pencil will remember the answers. |
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Spit all the seeds from an apple into your hand,
then slap them against your forehead. The number of seeds that stick
tells you how many children you'll have. |
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If your soup is salty, it means the cook is in
love. |
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If you can eat 100 chicken gizzards at a time,
you will be able to marry anyone you want. |
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It's bad luck if a bride trips and falls when
entering her new home, so her groom should carry her over the threshold. |
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Until President Ulysses Simpson Grant was reelected
in 1872, superstition said that no president with a middle name could
be elected a second time. |
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Hang a horseshoe over your door for good luck.
(But turn the shoe upward or the luck will "run out.") |
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If you have hairy legs or if the lines on your
palm form the letter M, you will get married. |
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If you wash a child's hands before the first birthday,
you'll wash away the riches, and the child will be poor. |
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