Bathurst, N. B.
747. If you drop a dish-rag, some one is coming hungry.
Alabama.
748. If the dish-cloth on falling to the floor spreads out, the visitor will be a lady; if it falls in a heap, it will be a gentleman.
Cape Breton and Central Maine.
749. If you drop the tea-towel, it is a sign of company.
Pennsylvania.
750. If you go in at one door and out at another, it is a sign of company.
New York and Ohio.
751. Going out through one door of the house and in through another means a visit from agreeable company.