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Love and Sentiment  127

settled that the third person will marry within the year.

When a person’s nose bleeds, it is a sign that the person is lovesick.

If by chance you tread on some one’s toes, it is a sign that you love that person.

If you are married in a snowstorm, it is a sign that you will be rich.

Girls sometimes determine whom they are to marry in this way. On each of twelve slips of paper the girl writes the name of some boy. These she puts in an envelope, and sleeps with them under her pillow. Each morning she draws one of the slips at random, and throws it away. The last one left names the one she is to marry.

When a girl trims pie-crust, and the trimming falls over her hand, it is a sign she is going to marry young.

If, when a young woman tries on a dress in the process of making, it is accidentally pinned to the clothing beneath, that is a sign she will marry soon.

The person who tips a chair over backwards will not marry that year.

May is an unlucky month to marry in,

When three of the same Christian