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A sore on the tip of the tongue is a sign you have told a lie.

If a person’s front teeth are far apart, it is a sign that person is going to be a wanderer.

Put the wrong foot out of bed first when you get up in the morning, and you will be cross all day. Always get up right foot foremost.

If you take hold of a chair, and twist it about on one leg, it is a sign you are going to quarrel.

When we have one fire in town, there’s always three in a short time.

Wash and wipe together,
Live in peace forever.

Bright red auroras were formerly said to be the sign that a great battle had been fought, or was soon to be fought. Its flaming streamers betokened blood and slaughter. There was this fiery omen in the sky at the time of the battle of Bunker Hill, and other contests of the Revolution, as well as of the older French and Indian wars.

Often when two persons make a bargain they at its conclusion “Shake hands on it” to make it binding.

When you get up in the morning be