130 Love and Sentiment
result the one who gave the first one must also present the thirteenth.
Change the name and not the letter,
Change for the worse and not the better.
That is, the girl who marries a man whose last name begins with the same letter as her last name will be worse off than she was before.
When a girl out walking stubs the toe of her right foot, she knows her beau has gone along the same street not long before. If she hurries, she can usually catch up with him.
The boy who dreams of the same girl three nights in succession may know that she is the one he is to marry.
An unhappy life will result if the bride is married in black silk.
The girl who makes a good-looking bed will have a good-looking husband.
If a girl pulls a cabbage, and only a little earth clings to its roots, she is to marry a poor man. If a heavy clod of earth comes up with the cabbage-roots, she will marry a rich man.
Put some apple-seeds on the stove. Get a friend to name them. The one that pops first reveals the person you love best.