200. Count a hundred white horses and two white mules, and the first person you shake hands with you’ll marry.
Pennsylvania.
201. Count a hundred white horses during leap year. The first man that shakes hands with you after you have your hundred will be your future husband.
Bedford, Mass.
202. Count one hundred gray horses (one mule stands for ten horses), and the first gentleman with whom you shake hands is your intended.
Alabama.
203. After meeting ninety-nine white horses and a brown one for the hundredth, the first person with whom you shake hands will be your future mate.
Newport, R. I.
204. Count five hundred colored people, and the next gentleman you meet you will marry.
Cambridge, Mass.