8. Bats fluttering at your window, betokens misfortunes in love. The croaking of ravens being the first thing you hear in the morning, denotes the same.
9. To meet a sow, on first going out in the morning, carrying straw in her mouth, denotes that a maid or widow will soon be married, and be fruitful in children.
10. To hear magpies chatter, and flying about as you walk abroad, denotes much strife and brawling in marriage.
11. If walking abroad with your sweetheart you perceive a pair of pigeons encircle you round, it is a sign of marriage and happiness to ensue, with contentment.
12. If one drops their garter, when going to see their sweetheart, it denotes they will meet with a cold reception.
How to choose a good Husband or Wife.
1. If the man be of a ruddy complexion, high and full nosed, his eye-brows bending archwise, his eyes standing full, of a black and lively colour it denotes him to be good natured, ingenious, and born to good fortune; and the same of a woman, if she be born under the planet Jupiter.
2. If a party be phlegmatic, lean, and of a dusky complexion, and much given to musing or melancholy, beware of such an one, of what sex soever.
3. An indifferent wide mouth, with full cheeks, smooth forehead, little ears, dark brown hair, and a chin proportionable to the face, is very promising.