1283. You must leave by the door through which you enter, or there will be trouble with the family, or ill luck to yourself.
Pennsylvania.
1284. If you leave by any other door than the one through which you have entered, it is said that you will not come again.
Cumberland, Me.
1285. In bathing, the eyes should always be rubbed towards the nose, as that makes them large, and rubbing out the opposite way makes them small.
Cambridge, Mass.
1286. In climbing a fence,—
Get over, meet with clover,
Get through, meet with a shoe;
Get under, meet with a blunder.
Sunderland, Mass.
1287. If you step on a grave, you will never grow any more.
Chestertown, Md. (negro).