d economy to use up a dish-cloth
until it can be put into your mouth.
_Massachusetts._

1447. If a door opens of itself, it is supposed to indicate the presence
of a spirit, usually one of the family.
_Massachusetts._

1448. It is unlucky to name a child after a dead child of the family.
_Newfoundland._

1449. If you begin keeping house with many in the family, it is a sign
that you will always have a large family or houseful.
_Ohio._

1450. If a wood fire snaps and sparkles, each time it does indicates the
receipt of a letter.
_Peabody, Mass._

1451. One of the negro superstitions was that when the fire burned with a
blue flame, it was the devil seeking to speak to them. A handful of salt
would make him go away.
_Alabama._

1452. Sweep the floor after dark, you'll see sickness before morning.

1453. If while eating you drop food on the floor, it is a sign that some
one is telling lies about you.
_Cape Breton._

1454. Food dropped on the floor by one signifies that some one grudges
you it.
_Common in the United States._

1455. Do not change your place at table; it is very unlucky.
_New York, N.Y._

1456. If you keep changing your furniture to different places, you'll be
poor.
_Massachusetts._

1457. Not drinking the whole contents of a glass or cup means
disappointment.
_Westport, Mass._

1458. If sooty bubbles form and blacken on the wick in a lamp burning
whale oil, each bubble indicates the receipt of a letter.
_Peabody, Mass._

1459. When sparks are seen on the bottom of the tea-kettle, it is a sign
that folks are going home from meeting.
_New Hampshire and Boxford, Mass._

1460. Sparks flying from a fire mean letters; the number of the sparks is
the number of the letters.
_Boston, Mass._

1461. If a spark or sparks jump out of the fire and hit you or come
towards you, it is a sign some one has a spite or grudge against you.
_Bathurst, N.B._

1462. Two spoons given to one person denotes that that person will have
two homes before the year is out.
_Chestertown, Md._

1463. The tea-kettle suddenly singing means news.
_Patten, Me._

VARIOUS.

1464. A stratum of warm air indicates the presence of the devil.
_Boston, Mass. (Irish)._

1465. If, when a newly-married couple go to housekeeping, she slyly takes