421. If a girl gets the last piece of bread on a plate at the table, she will have a handsome husband.
Massachusetts.
422. If all of three dishes at the table are eaten, all of the unmarried people at the table will be married within the year.
Northern Massachusetts.
423. “If the tea-kettle boils, you will boil your beaux away,” is an old saying.
Salem, Mass.
424. 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.
425. A girl that takes her thimble to the table will be an old maid.
Northern Ohio.
426. Three in a row,
Meet your beau.
The one in the middle will have him.
Massachusetts.