205. Count ninety-nine negroes and one white horse, and the first boy you answer “yes” or “no” to you will marry.
South Boston, Mass.
206. Count forty white horses, the first man you meet afterwards you’ll marry.
Champaign, Ill.
207. In crossing a bridge, if one sees two white horses on it (in different teams) and wishes at once for a man to marry her, she’ll get him.
Peabody, Mass.
208. Count a hundred “tips” (a bow with the lifting of the hat). The hundredth will be your future husband.
Eastern Massachusetts.
209. Count the buttons of an old boot. The number of buttons indicates the number of years before marriage.
Massachusetts.