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.