15. Onions. "In buying onions always go in by one door of the shop, and come out by another. Select a shop with two doorways. These onions, placed under your pillow on St. Thomas's Eve, are sure to bring visions of your true-love, your future husband." (London, &c.)
16. Parsley. "Where parsley's grown in the garden, there'll be a death before the year's out. (London and Surrey.)
17. Ring-finger. "The ring-finger, stroked along any sore or wound, will soon heal it. All the other fingers are poisonous, especially the fore-finger." (Somerset.)
18. Salt. "Help to salt, help to sorrow." (Various.)
19. Three Dogs. "If three dogs chase a rabbit or a hare, they can't kill it." (Surrey.)
20. White Cow. "A child that sucks a white cow will thrive better." (Wilts.)
J. Westby Gibson.
12. Catherine Street, Strand.