356. A double wedding is unlucky; one of the marriages will be unhappy. _Massachusetts._ 357. The pair to be married should stand in line with the cracks in the floor, and not at right angles to them. _Omaha, Neb._ 358. When a couple are married and are driving off, if old shoes are thrown after them for good luck, and one of the shoes lodges on the coach or carriage, it is a sign that one of the party will die before the year is out. _Waltham, Mass._ 359. After the marriage ceremony is performed, the one that walks first from the altar is the one who will die first, either bride or groom. _Alabama._ 360. Old slippers or rice must be thrown after a bride for good luck. _General in the United States._ 361. If the younger sister is married before the elder, the latter will have to dance in a pig's trough. _Western Massachusetts._ 362. Runaway matches will prove unlucky. _New York._ 363. It is a sign of ill luck to take off the wedding ring. _General in the United States._ COURTING AND WEDDING SIGNS. 364. If your apron string becomes loosened, your true love is thinking of you. _New York._ 365. If your apron drops off, you'll lose your beau. The same is true if you lose your garter. _Stevens Point, Wis._ 366. If you sink a bottle in water, it will weaken your love. _Massachusetts._ 367. Step over the broom, and you will be an old maid. 368. If a girl wet her apron in washing, it is a sign that she will have a drunken husband. _Labrador, Scilly Cove, N.F., and New England._ 369. To hang clothes wrong side out is an antidote for a drunken husband. _Maine._ 370. If a girl finds a cobweb in the door, it is a sign that her beau calls elsewhere. _Northern Ohio._ 371. To find many cobwebs in the kitchen means that there is no courting there. _Boston, Mass._ 372. When the collar slips around and the opening comes to the ear, your lover is thinking of you. _Salem, Mass._ 373. If you button your dress up unevenly, it is a sign that your lover is thinking of you. _Miramichi, N.B._ 374. If you begin to button your dress unevenly, you will be a widow. _Central Maine._ 375. If you are cross when you are young, you will be an old maid. _Alabama._ 376. If you fall up stairs, you will have a new beau. _Winn, Me._ 377. Tumble up stairs and you'll not get married within the year. (Hence old maids were formerly said to be careful how they went up stairs.) _New England._ 378. Stumbling either up or down stairs means you'll be married inside a year. _Cape Breton._ 379. If you sit on a table, you will not be married that year. _New England, New York, and Alabama._ 380. Dropping hairpins from your hair means that your beau is thinking of you. _General in the United States._