191. The first of these button formulae is used by boys to foretell their profession in life. A friend remembers how in childhood his buttons were completely worn out by the continual practice of the inquiry. 192. With reference to the acquisition of a coat:-- Bought, given, stolen. _Massachusetts._ 193. "Rich man, poor man, beggar, thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief." Said over by little girls on their back hair combs to find the occupation of their future husbands. _New York._ FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER. 194. If a girl puts a two-leaved clover in her shoe, the first man who comes on the side where the clover is will be her future husband. _Michigan._ 195. Put a four-leaved clover in your shoe, and you will marry a man having the first name of the man whom you meet first after doing it. _Province of Quebec._ 196. With a four-leaved clover in your shoe, you will meet your lover. _Michigan._ 197. If the finder of a four-leaved clover put it in her own shoe, she will marry the first person with whom she crosses a bridge. _Michigan._ 198. Put a four-leaved clover over the door. The first person to pass beneath will be your future mate. _Newport, R.I., and Michigan._ COUNTING. 199. Count sixty white horses and one white mule, then you will marry the first man with whom you shake hands. _Chestertown, Md._ 200. Count a hundred white horses and two white mules, and the first person you shake hands with you'll marry. _Pennsylvania._ 201. Count a hundred white horses during leap year. The first man that shakes hands with you after you have your hundred will be your future husband. _Bedford, Mass._ 202. Count one hundred gray horses (one mule stands for ten horses), and the first gentleman with whom you shake hands is your intended. _Alabama._ 203. After meeting ninety-nine white horses and a brown one for the hundredth, the first person with whom you shake hands will be your future mate. _Newport, R.I._ 204. Count five hundred colored people, and the next gentleman you meet you will marry. _Cambridge, Mass._ 205. Count ninety-nine negroes and one white horse, and the first boy you answer "yes" or "no" to you will marry. _South Boston, Mass._ 206. Count forty white horses, the first man you meet afterwards you'll marry. _Champaign, Ill._ 207. In crossing a bridge, if one sees two white horses on it (in different teams) and wishes at once for a man to marry her, she'll get him. _Peabody, Mass._ 208. Count a hundred "tips" (a bow with the lifting of the hat). The hundredth will be your future husband. _Eastern Massachusetts._ 209. Count the buttons of an old boot. The number of buttons indicates the number of years before marriage. _Massachusetts._