6. Eyebrows. "It's a good thing to have meeting eyebrows. You'll never know trouble." (Various places.)
7. Fern-root. "Cut a fern-root slantwise, and you'll see a picture of an oak-tree: the more perfect, the luckier chance for you." (Croydon and elsewhere.)
8. Flowering Myrtle. "That's the luckiest plant to have in your window. Water it every morning, and be proud of it." (Somerset.)
9. Harvest Spider. "The harvest-man has got four things on its back,—the scythe, the rake, the sickle, and [Query the fourth?] It's most unlucky for the reaper to kill it on purpose." (From an Essex man.)
10. Holly, Ivy, &c. "All your Christmas should be burnt on Twelfth-day morning." (London, &c.)
11. Lettuce. "O'er-much lettuce in the garden will stop a young wife's bearing." (Richmond, Surrey.)
12. May-baby. "A May-baby's always sickly. You may try, but you'll never rear it." (Various.)
13. May-kitten. "You should drown a May-kitten. It's unlucky to keep it." (Somerset.)
14. New Moon. "You may see as many new moons at once through a silk handkerchief, as there are years before you will marry." (Leicestershire.)