180. The first time you sleep in a room name the corners each with a different (man's) name. The first corner you face on waking indicates whom you will marry. (_New England._) The same thing is done with the bed-posts in Ohio. 181. Put four names of boys on four slips of paper and take one blank slip. Intermingle them, and then without looking at them put one under each leg of the bed and one under the pillow. The name of the last will be that of your future husband. _Franklin, Mass._ 182. Rub the four bed-posts with a lemon and carry the lemon in the pocket the next day, and the first man you speak to you will marry. _New Hampshire._ BIBLE. 183. Read the third verse of the third chapter of Hosea, Joel, and Amos for three Sundays in succession, and the first gentleman you walk with you will marry. _Nashua, N.H._ 184. Put the end of a key in the Bible, on the verse of Solomon's Song reading, "I am my beloved's and he is mine;" close the book and bind it round with string or garter, each girl supporting the key with the first finger of the right hand. One of them repeats a verse to each letter as the other girl names it, beginning the alphabet, till it turns at the initial of the future husband or lover. _General in the United States._ BIRDS. 185. When you see a turkey-buzzard flying alone, repeat,-- Hail! Hail! Lonely, lonesome turkey-buzzard: Hail to the East, hail to the West, Hail to the one that I love best. Let me know by the flap of your wing Whether he (or she) loves me or not. Note the manner of the bird's flight: if he flaps his wings your lover is true; if not, the lover is false. _Tennessee._ 186. When the call of the first turtle-dove is heard, sit down and remove the shoe and stocking from the left foot, turn the stocking inside out, in the heel of which if a hair is found, it will be of the color of the hair of the future husband or wife. _Tennessee._ In Mt. Desert, Maine, and Prince Edward Island the same project is tried on hearing the first robin. BUTTONS. 187. The coming husband is determined by repeating the following words, touching each button of the coat, vest, or dress in order:-- Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief. Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Or, Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief. Or, Doctor, lawyer, merchant, cheat. _Ohio._ 188. With reference to the habitation to be occupied:-- Big house, little house, pig-sty, barn. _New Hampshire._ 189. As to the wedding dress:-- Silk, satin, velvet, cotton, woolen. _Massachusetts._ 190. In regard to the vehicle:-- Carriage, wagon, wheelbarrow, chaise. _Massachusetts._