709. The falling of a chandelier foretells a disaster in the family.
New York.
710. Breaking a looking-glass shows that you’ll have seven years of ill luck.
General in the United States.
711. If a chair be turned about on one of its forelegs, there will be bad luck in the house all that year.
Talladega, Ala.
712. A mare-browed man, that is, one whose eyebrows meet, is unlucky and can cast spells.
Newfoundland.
713. It is unlucky, when going deer-hunting, to meet a red-haired man.