danger.
_Peabody, Mass._

1360. If your nose itches, it is a sign you will be kissed, cussed, or
vexed.
_Somerville, Mass._

1361. If the nose itches, some say you will receive a letter; others
declare it is a sign your lover is thinking of you.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._

1362. If the palm of the hand itches, it is a good sign that you will
kill something.
_Labrador._

1363. Itching in the palm is a sign of a fight, or of seeing a stranger.

1364. An unexpected scratch denotes surprise.

1365. A long scratch across the palm denotes a sleigh-ride.
_Pennsylvania (negro)._

1366. A scratch on the hand denotes a ride; the length of the scratch
indicates the length of the ride.
_New England._

1367. A scratch on the right hand is a sign of a ride to come; on the
left, a disappointment.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._

1368. If your knee itches, you are jealous.
_Boston, Mass._

1369. Being lousy is an indication that the lousy person is in good
health.
_Newfoundland._

1370. Some hold that the white spots that one has on the finger-nails
represent the lies you have told.
_Maine and Baldwinsville, N.Y._

1371. If you shudder without apparent cause, some one has stepped over or
upon your grave.
_Gilsum, N.H._

1372. If you shudder, it is a sign that a rabbit is running across, or a
goose is eating grass from your grave.
_Chestertown, Md._

1373. There is an old superstition that every sigh causes a drop of blood
to flaw from the heart.
_Exeter, N.H._

1374. "Smooches" made on the face by soiled fingers (called beauty spots
in Ohio) mean a present.
_New Brunswick._

1375. A lump on the tongue means that you have told a lie.
_Prince Edward Island, New York, and Northern Ohio._

APPAREL.

1376. If you mend your apron or dress while on you, some one will lie
about you.
_Maine and Alabama._

1377. As many stitches as you take (in mending a garment while wearing
it), so many lies will be told about you.
_New Hampshire._

1378. If a garment is mended while being worn, it is a sign the wearer
will do something he is ashamed of before the week is out.
_Newton, Mass._

1379. If one mends his clothes upon his back,
It is a sign his trouble will never come back.
_Connecticut._

1380. Basting threads left in a garment