Central Maine.

409. If, at a dinner, a single person is inadvertently placed between two married people (husband or wife), it means marriage for him or her within a year.

410. If you pass between two men on the street, you’ll marry both of them sometime.

Champaign, Ill.

411. If you drop a knitting-needle, you won’t be married during the present year.

412. If you break many needles in a garment, it will be worn at a wedding.

413. If you draw blood from a prick of the needle while making a garment, it is a sign you will be kissed the first time you wear it.

Boston, Mass.

414. Should needles break while sewing on a new garment, it is a sign that the owner will be married before it is worn out.

New York.